WONDER EARTH PARNTERS

ROAD MAP FOR CO2

THE PROCESS

Landowner - If you wish to receive money for the carbon value contained on your property, you are in the right place. If you are interested in selling your carbon sink, Wonder Earth Partners will help you certify your carbon and bring it onto the market.

Agreement - This is an agreement between you and Wonder Earth Partners to have us look at the feasibility of getting carbon credit fro the carbon stored on your land. There is no obligation from either party to progress further - we agree to assess the photograph and information that you provide to start the process.

Location and Ownership - In order to determine whether there is real value in the carbon on your land, we need to have some basic information. Please submit to Wonder Earth Partners the location of your property, the number of acres on site and a recent aerial photograph. Note if any trees have been planted post 1990.

Land Plan - As a property owner, you already have a plan as to how you currently manage your land. Sometimes this is a formal written document prepared by a certified forester. Other times it is just a set of general goals. Wonder Earth Partners needs to know your strategy for the property.

Contract - If we find that you have carbon value and you want us to proceed, we will contract to do a full evaluation of the carbon on your property. Wonder Earth Partners is committed to providing each landowner with a firm carbon accounting on the property.

Wonder Earth Plan - Once we start work, Wonder Earth Partners will walk your property with you and choose locations to set up permanent plots on your land. This is necessary to determine the baseline value of the carbon on the property. This baseline value is the amount of carbon that you have as of the 1990, which establishes the 1990 baseline. While we are on site, our staff will help develop a plan for additional carbon storage, based on your current land plan.

Additionality - This is the key concept for the carbon market. In order to sell your carbon, there must be a demonstrated effort to capture carbon. This is why the plans are important. A management change to capture carbon can be as simple as extending the rotation of a timber stand that is ready for harvest. Wonder Earth Partners will work with you to see that your carbon meets this standard.

Leakage - This is a term that covers the loss of carbon on a property that is committed to being a carbon sink, over the life of the contract. Leakage will occur when the land owner does not follow the prescribed plan for carbon accumulation. Leakage is caused by bug infestation, timber harvest, fire, etc. Carbon that is sold for credit must remain on the property for the entire term of the sales contract.

Third Party Verification - The carbon market will not invest in a carbon sink until there is a second opinion. A third party, not you and not Wonder Earth Partners, must be able to verify the amount of carbon that exists on the property. Wonder Earth Partners will arrange to have an independent third party validation for your land.

To Market - Once all the other pieces are in place, Wonder Earth Partners will bring your property int our mutual pool. This pool collect5s carbon bearing properties together for a single sale, which provides an economy of scale. Wonder Earth Partners will evaluate the market place and determine when the time is right to sell each package.

Continuous Monitoring - Carbon credits are purchased on a contractual period. Wonder Earth Partners will monitor the carbon on your property each year, the costs recovered from payments to the resource pool. There will be one carbon credit assigned for each metric ton of carbon.
For further Information - contact us: john@wonderearthpartners.com or Wonder Earth Partners, 949 Edies Lane, Myrtle Creek, Oregon 97457 or 1-877-960-5969