Climate Change Mitigation – Forest First Colombia

Climate Change Mitigation

Carbon Sequestration

FFC’s plantation forests are carbon sinks that remove a significant amount of CO₂ from the atmosphere. FFC’s plantation forests are located on previously degraded land that sequestered very little CO₂. Our trees are sequestering carbon, which early studies in other parts of the world show can be as high as 400 – 500 t/CO₂ per hectare.

Clean Energy

Due to the lack of conventional electricity infrastructure, electricity production in Colombia comes mainly from renewable energy sources, with hydroelectric generation accounting for about 70% of total production. FFC has taken advantage of innovations such as photovoltaic panels to generate 91% of our own energy needs. This has led to a low rate of carbon emissions due to electricity consumption, contributing only 0.23% of the total CO₂ equivalent emissions produced by the operations.

As stated by the UN, “Forests are vitally important for sustaining life on Earth and play a major role in the fight against climate change.”

FFC is deeply concerned about climate change and believe that sustainable plantation forestry can be one of the greatest mitigants to climate change. Although our impact is small, we are moving in the right direction through carbon sequestration and use of clean energy.