GreenTrees Executive to Present at Introduction to Forest Carbon Markets Conference

Chandler Van Voorhis, GreenTrees co-founder and managing partner, will share expert insight on nature-based carbon removal credits at an upcoming Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program event

THE PLAINS, Va., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chandler Van Voorhis, GreenTrees co-founder and managing partner, will share expert insight on nature-based carbon removal credits at an upcoming Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program event.

WHAT
In a session titled, "Applying a Portfolio Approach to Your Land ? Carbon and Beyond," Chandler Van Voorhis, co-founder and managing partner at GreenTrees, will share expert insight on generating nature-based carbon removal credits and establishing new lines of income through reforestation at the upcoming Introduction to Forest Carbon Markets Conference. Presented by the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program, the event will educate foresters, landowners and others interested in learning the fundamentals of forest carbon markets.

Attendees will gain insight on:

• How forest carbon markets work
• Opportunities for private landowners to participate in carbon markets
• Tools to determine carbon programs most suitable to participant's specific land and management goals
• Firsthand experience from woodland owners who participate in carbon markets

WHO
Chandler Van Voorhis, co-founder and managing partner, GreenTrees
Chandler Van Voorhis is the co-founder and managing partner at GreenTrees, a global leader in reforestation to answer climate change and the largest reforestation program operator in the U.S. At GreenTrees, he drives the organization's efforts to address climate change through reforestation. Under Chandler's leadership, GreenTrees has engaged more than 600 landowners ranging from 10 to 3,500+ acres, planting 130,000+ acres of trees that have generated carbon offset credits equivalent to removing more than six million metric tons of carbon from the Earth's atmosphere.

With nearly three decades of industry experience, Chandler is a leading expert in conservation and ecological markets. In 2002, he was awarded the ChevronTexaco Conservation Award, the nation's most distinguished private conservation award. He has made appearances as a guest lecturer at Princeton and Yale, hosted a TEDx Talk and has authored several publications on the emergence of natural capital. Prior to GreenTrees, Chandler was the co-host of GreenWave Radio, a nationally ranked syndicated radio talk show on business and the environment.

WHEN & WHERE
Date: Friday, March 3, 2023
Time: 11:35 a.m.
Location: Brightpoint Community College, 13101 Route 1, Chester, VA 23831

To learn more about the event, please visit: https://forestupdate.frec.vt.edu/landownerprograms/ConferencesandWorkshops2/ForestCarbonSymposium.html

About GreenTrees
GreenTrees is the market leader in reforestation and carbon removal in the U.S. A model land equity program for landowners, GreenTrees generates the largest number of forestry carbon removal credits in the U.S. The only carbon removal program open to both small and large landowners, GreenTrees engages individual landowners to plant forests, measure the growth annually and convert the annual growth into carbon credits. All carbon credits in GreenTrees' projects undergo a rigorous verification process by the American Carbon Registry and are accepted by global environmental markets as the highest standard for quality in nature-based carbon removals. Wholly owned by ACRE Investment Management, LLC, GreenTrees has engaged 600+ landowners ranging from 10 to 3,500+ acres and planted 130,000+ acres of forests that have removed more than six million metric tons of carbon from the Earth's atmosphere; these existing planted acres will remove a projected 30 million metric tons over the next 40 years; additional plantings will grow carbon removal capacity significantly as GreenTrees' parent company's affiliate platform company, ACRE IO, will accelerate planting velocity for GreenTrees and other independent projects. Fortune 500 companies trust GreenTrees' carbon credits to meet sustainability goals and combat climate change. For more information about GreenTrees, visit https://www.green-trees.com/.

Media Contact

Elizabeth Buccianti, Gabriel Marketing Group (for GreenTrees), 407-463-8865, [email protected]

SOURCE GreenTrees