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September 15, 2025
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Landowner Participation in Carbon Dioxide Removal Credit Markets via Biochar
March 2026
The Forest Stewards Guild and Croatan Institute have released a new report: Landowner Participation in Carbon Dioxide Removal Credit Markets via Biochar. The report is designed to help landowners and supporters navigate the rapidly changing world of biochar and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) markets.
Biochar is a material made by heating an organic feedstock such as wood in the absence of oxygen. Adding biochar to soils can improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils. Biochar can store carbon for decades or centuries in soil,
and can be used to generate CDR credits.
Biochar can provide a market for wood with few other uses, such as fuel reduction thinnings. In addition, CDR credits from qualified biochar production can provide landowners with additional revenue and markets for low-value wood.
Barriers to widespread biochar production and engagement in the CDR market include landowner awareness, skepticism of new markets, inconsistent regulations, economic constraints, and challenging logistics. This report presents potential solutions to help landowners take advantage of biochar and CDR markets.
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