Smallholder Agroforestry Solutions
Smallholder Agroforestry Solutions: A hard nut worth cracking
A Climate Week NYC panel on scaling smallholder reforestation into investment-grade carbon projects
About Event
We all know the problem: demand for high-quality nature-based removals exceeds supply, and that supply needs to be high quality and at scale to be investable. But large-scale commercial forestry can be non-additional with fewer intrinsic co-benefits, and locking up large tracts of land in non-productive native restoration is challenging on multiple fronts.
What then, is the solution? Working with smallholder farmers has the potential to generate high-quality credits with multiple benefits — but aggregating and scaling into investment-grade projects isn't easy.
Join GreenCollar for a panel discussion drawing on hands-on experience from industry experts, digging into the key challenges and solutions to developing investment-grade reforestation projects with smallholder farmers — from planting designs that balance farmer interest, carbon sequestration and biodiversity, to leakage mitigation, permanence, data collection, land tenure, FPIC and investment-grade due diligence.
Speakers
James Schultz — CEO & Co-founder, GreenCollar
Leading Australia's largest provider of carbon abatement and agricultural ecosystem services.
Siddhanth Jayaram — Founder & CEO, Equilibrium
Building technology-led carbon-removal infrastructure with smallholder farmers across the global south.
Megan Reilly Cayten — Managing Director, Head of Carbon, Climate Asset Management
Managing Director bridging institutional capital and nature-based carbon projects for clients including Apple.
Moderator
Michael Jenkins — Founding President & CEO, Forest Trends
30+ years shaping sustainable forestry finance and policy.
Coffee and pastries will be available from 9:30 AM, with time set aside after the panel to continue the discussion and network.
Please note: passes are for professionals actively working on the strategies, solutions, and decisions driving the resilience economy forward.
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