Protecting and enhancing natural carbon sinks – Natural Climate and Community Solutions (NCCS)

A healthy biosphere is critical to a stable climate system. Recently, global natural systems have become severely degraded and their capacity to serve as major carbon sinks is in danger. Deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon, Central Africa, and South-East Asia are reducing their natural carbon capture capacity and altering their critical ecological functions. This project aims to protect tropical forests through the integration of targeted technology breakthroughs, deep community engagement, and innovative bioeconomic opportunities. We propose a Natural Climate and Community Solution (NCCS) comprised of the following three integrated pillars: (1) Community engagement and data collection framework; (2) Data processing, forecasting, and visualization platform utilizing machine learning; a (3) bioeconomy business model co-creation incubator that incentivizes sustainable forest management practices and monitoring and generates local income.