Throughout the course of this project, six key steps were taken:
- Conducted field measurements on Duke forest land
- Determined which sites neighboring Duke Forest had the best potential for the establishment of forest carbon projects and conducted measurements on these sites
- Calculated current forest biomass and carbon figures for all sites under study
- Modeled growth of forests for baseline, Avoided Conversion, Improved Forest Management, and Afforestation/Reforestation scenarios under both protocols
- Calculated potential carbon offset disbursement schedules for all project types under both protocols
- Compared offset benefits and costs for all project types under both protocols
