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12/1/08, 3pm – So the journey begins. Barry seated here is looking over 
the latest changes to published documents from Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). They were released the week before the trip. The timing could not be better. The project that we are undertaking is REDD which stands for the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. Discussion has been going on for years on how to curb this global problem. For the first time, there is the possibility for land owners to monetize their standing forests. To date the only way to obtain income from the land always ended in the land being cleared.
the latest changes to published documents from Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). They were released the week before the trip. The timing could not be better. The project that we are undertaking is REDD which stands for the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. Discussion has been going on for years on how to curb this global problem. For the first time, there is the possibility for land owners to monetize their standing forests. To date the only way to obtain income from the land always ended in the land being cleared.To get to this point, we have spent months working on documents and calculations. In partnership with a local NGO La Reserva Forest Foundation (LRFF) http://www.la-reserva.cog/ we will be meeting with the land owners and determine which ones will be interested in our program and eligible to participate.
12/1/08, 9pm – We have made it from Austin to Costa Rica and have stopped to get some dinner at La Pacifica right on the Interamerican Highway just north of Canãs. Seated in the picture are the main actors in this journey from left to right Dan, Jeff (mostly behind the camera), Roberta and Barry. Dan and Roberta started La Reserva Forest Foundation. They began by getting rid of all of their milk cows and reforesting their 40 hectares. They have a great story and we are very blessed to be working with them. I will probably do a backgrounder post on them throughout our journey. 5 more days of stuff, get ready. Prepare for a wet and bumpy ride.
