Greener Member Since: February 4, 2009
Offset Statement
This member has not yet published a personal statement. We can all do our part to fight climate change by reducing our carbon footprints, and offsetting what we can't reduce. ClimatePath allows you to support projects that create the change you want to see in the world.
Projects Supported in 2009
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Costa Rican Rainforests
Through a nonprofit called FUNDECOR, nearly 100 square miles in the central volcanic mountain range of Costa Rica are being set aside for forest preservation. The project is part of a country-wide program stopping the destruction of the Costa Rican rain forest which has thus far recaptured 26 percent of the country's land-mass-to-forest cover, sequestering millions of tons of carbon. Most of these humid tropical rainforests are old-growth, or mature second-growth, and noted for their extreme diversity of species. Besides fighting global warming, the forests preserve priceless biodiversity, protect local aquifers and watersheds, and mitigate erosion.
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