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The Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project preserves 54,870 hectares of commercial timberland near Creston, British Columbia, creating climate, community, and biodiversity benefits through permanent ecological conservation. The project prevents greenhouse gas emissions that would occur from logging in the baseline scenario while maintaining carbon stocks and sequestering additional carbon through forest growth. Without the project, the most likely outcome would have been significant timber harvesting over 15 years, followed by a 100-year uneven harvest schedule using regional clearcut logging practices. Instead, under the conservation management of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, only minimal timber removal occurs periodically for ecosystem enhancement, habitat improvement, and risk management purposes.
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Nature-based projects like this one face some risk of reversal. Carbon storage may be affected by natural hazards such as wildfires, flooding, and escalating climate change impacts. Additionally, human-driven factors such as changes in land use or local governance structures can also impact carbon storage.
