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September 2021

ACR Announces Open Public Comment Period on Methodology for Plugging Abandoned and Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

Sep 30 2021

The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, announces the public stakeholder consultation period for a Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reductions from the Plugging Abandoned & Orphaned Oil and Gas (AOOG) Wells. This first-of-a-kind Methodology — developed by ACR in partnership with Dr. Mary Kang […]

ACR Publishes Methodology for Improved Forest Management on Canadian Forestlands

Sep 23 2021

LITTLE ROCK, AR,  September 22, 2021 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, has approved a Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Removals from Improved Forest Management (IFM) on Canadian Forestlands. Similar to the ACR’s published Improved Forest Management Methodology for Quantifying […]

The Face of a Leader from Rural Khatlon

Sep 23 2021

Sharofat Abdulloeva, a 52-year old resident of Yangiyor village of Vakhsh district in Khatlon province talks with pride about her agribusiness enterprise Aziza, which employs 50 female seasonal employees.  However, just 15 years ago, this was only a dream for Sharofat. In the village where Sharofat grew up, women rarely engaged in work outside of […]

Winrock Receives Funding from Walmart to Assist Black-owned Businesses in the South

Sep 22 2021

Little Rock, Ark. – September 22, 2021 – Winrock International has received funding from Walmart through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity to provide business development support to Black-owned e-commerce and wholesale retail enterprises in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The grant will support the Readying Small Business for Access to Capital program to help businesses […]

ACR Announces Public Comment Period for Updated Improved Forest Management (IFM) Methodology

Sep 21 2021

The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is soliciting public comments on an updated version 2.0 of its approved Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Removals from Improved Forest Management in Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands.   Similar to previous versions of the Methodology, greenhouse gas […]

ACR Publishes International Ozone Depleting Substances Destruction Methodology

Sep 16 2021

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 16, 2021 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International, is celebrating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer by announcing the approval of a new Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of GHG Emissions Reductions from the Destruction of Ozone Depleting […]

Mobilizing Large-scale Climate Solutions from the Forest Sector, Introducing TREES 2.0

Sep 13 2021

Originally published by Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends Initiative. The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has released an expanded and enhanced version of The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) for measuring, monitoring, verifying and crediting climate progress in the forest sector. The updated version – TREES 2.0 – broadens opportunities to unlock large-scale solutions from forests in […]