About us

The Green Branch is a project developer of land restoration and reforestation projects in Brazil. We acquire, develop, certify, and manage high-quality forest projects. The projects are financed by companies who are willing to compensate for their irreducible carbon emissions via certified carbon credits. We have also a larger portfolio with nature-based solutions projects worldwide, to serve all our clients. These projects are critically assessed via an internal due dilligence process.

Yes! We are always growing and looking for new landowners, offsetting partners, companies, and other enthusiasts to join us in fulfilling our goal to increase forest cover worldwide. Click on Contact to get in touch!

The transition zone between Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and the Pampa is a critical biodiversity hotspot of the world, but only a small part of the original Atlantic Forest cover remains due to radical deforestation for extensive cattle farming and agriculture. Also, the Amazon rainforest has seen the greatest period of mass deforestation in its history. With afforestation and forest protection projects in these regions, The Green Branch halts deforestation, recovers biodiverse forest cover, and combats climate change in the most effective way.

For the upcoming years, The Green Branch focuses on Brazil for its developing project. There is still a lot to be done in this country and we can make the biggest environmental, social, and economic impact if we focus on the development of hubs in Brazil. However, large-scale impact requires large-scale thinking, we always have our eyes open to other countries.

But we have a broad project portfolio with projects all over the world. Reach out to learn more!

Both carbon offset projects have the potential to generate carbon credits. Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) projects really restore degraded forest sites and increase carbon storage by actively planting trees. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)+ projects avoid deforestation and degradation by protecting the standing forest. The + includes forest restoration and the sustainable management of forests.

By compensating your carbon footprint with The Green Branch you contribute directly towards our reforestation and landscape restoration projects. Contact us for buying certified carbon credits and we will get in touch with you shortly!

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We do not just plant trees, we build ecosystems. It is not about planting as many trees as you can fit, but rather to cautiously research the interactions between species. Every species we plant plays a specific role and has a particular function that is indispensable to grow a healthy and resilient forest. By co-creating and working with local communities and by collecting data, we keep track of the growth and health of the forests and protect them. This way, we continuously work on our methodologies and improve them.

By exclusively planting biodiverse and native plant species, we help the land regain its natural forest structure and recover its biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Our approach of assisted natural regeneration gives nature a boost and allows for the succession process to take place. In this manner, natural ecosystem processes are rebuilt and the forest is able to regain its natural ecological functions. Forests are vital biodiversity hotspots - they are home to millions of animal and plant species.

The project will have to undergo a robust verification process of the VCS Program. Auditors known as validation/verification bodies (VVBs) are tasked with assessing projects against the VCS Program rules and the requirements of the applied methodology. VVBs are qualified, independent third parties which are approved by Verra to perform validation and verification. This independent assessment process is critical to ensuring the integrity of the projects registered with the VCS Program. After validation, every 3-5 years, the carbon credits are issued.

By planting a combination of biodiverse plant species, we help the land regain its natural forest structure and recover its biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Forests are vital biodiversity hotspots - they are home to millions of animal and plant species.

All our projects are co-created with the local community in order to generate the most impactful benefits for them. By introducing them to techniques like agroforestry and sustainable timber, they will benefit the most from their land.

Monitoring happens throughout the project's lifetime by satellites, drones, and field checks. Project Management happens on 4 levels: daily, monthly, yearly and ongoing. The Green Branch’s technical and operational team does checks in the fields on a regular basis.

Yes, to guarantee quality and transparency all of your projects are certified. The projects are certified via the Verified Carbon Standard and the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Standard of Verra.

We engage in long-term contracts with landowners to ensure the durability and protection of the projects and let the local landowners take part in the revenue made out of the carbon credits. Furthermore, we plant commercial tree species for selective harvesting after the carbon crediting period and educate landowners about such sustainable forest management practices to ensure a permanent forest cover after our projects end.

Besides, we work with GIS (geographic information system) to monitor the projects through satellite and drone imagery, so we are able to check the forest cover from a distance.

Farmhands that live on the project have a daily routine to check the fields and report to the hubmanager. Through specialized care in forest management, we receive red flags if anything suspicious occurs in the project areas regarding deforestation, wildfires, or any other danger.

We are leasing land for at least 30 years, which is the project duration. After planting the first trees, it takes up to 3-5 years until the first verification audit will take place. This means a third party will check in on the growth of the forest and carbon storage. Rebuilding an ecosystem takes time and proper planning.

Adding commercial tree species to our projects provides a complementary revenue stream for the local communities. Carbon payments, whether for reforestation or forest conservation, are not incompatible with well-managed harvesting of timber, as long as the impacts can be predicted and quantified. In fact, land that is underactive, visible sustainable forest management will likely be more resilient to outside pressures.

Carbon Neutral refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality through buying reduction or removal carbon credits.

Net Zero means actively making efforts to reduce carbon emissions to the lowest amount and compensating the irreducible emissions with removal carbon credits.

Carbon Removal refers to any anthropogenic activity that actively extracts and sequesters carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon removal projects, such as forest restoration and carbon farming, allow carbon to be actively captured in long-term storage.

Carbon reduction credits, on the other hand, do not remove any existing carbon from the atmosphere. Instead, they represent the avoidance of one tonne of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.

Carbon compensation allows companies to invest in climate projects in order to balance out their own carbon footprint by buying carbon credits. A carbon credit is a reduction in or removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide in order to compensate for emissions made elsewhere. Carbon credits are measured in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e). One tonne of carbon credits represents the reduction of one tonne of carbon dioxide.

A carbon credit is the equivalent of one tonne of CO2 that is being avoided or captured through a project. The credit gives the owner the right to compensate for one ton of carbon dioxide or the equivalent of another greenhouse gas of their company’s footprint.