Carbon Stores and Sinks

Carbon is stored in mineral and biological form. Significant emissions of carbon come from the destruction of forests by cutting or burning, or the drainage of peat-rich soils, as in peat bogs or moorlands. Carbon offsets can be paid for projects that prevent carbon being released from a carbon store in nature, in the same way that offsets can be paid for renewable energy projects to reduce carbon emissions from energy generation.

Carbon sinks occur where new or restored habitats absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Forest Moor manages projects that protect carbon stores and creates sinks in forests and soils. We pay landowners to protect forest areas or permanently re-forest land, and we fund the purchase of degraded peatlands by local nature conservation organisations who commit to restore the habitat. Further detail on the Projects page.