Bringing efficiences to the Peatland Code and Woodland Carbon Code is the focus for three organisations receiving joint backing from the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Scottish Forestry. As part of CivTech Round 10, a Scottish Government initiative that works with innovative organisations to build solutions to challenges faced by the public sector, ReThink Carbon, Sylvera, and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have been successful in getting through to the Accelerator phase of the programme. The IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Scottish Forestry are co-sponsoring the three companies to devise complementary protypes during the five-month Accelerator phase, which may lead to the development of products which can be used in markets. Find out more about the challenges set for our innovators here.
Dr Vicky West, senior development manager for the Woodland Carbon Code, said: “The Woodland Carbon and Peatland Codes help landowners, organisations and businesses to address climate change by developing and supporting woodland creation and peatland restoration projects across the UK.
“We are excited to be collaborating with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Sylvera and Rethink Carbon. Their innovations have the potential to make our processes and monitoring more accurate, accessible, efficient and cost-effective, enabling more people to develop and support vital climate projects.”
Dr Renée Kerkvliet-Hermans, Peatland Code manager, said: “This is a great opportunity to really improve our processes, both on the administrative side as well as the monitoring and measurement side of our projects. This should make engaging with the Peatland and Woodland Carbon Code a lot easier, enabling more trees to be planted and peatlands to be restored.”
Rethink Carbon’s Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Caulfield, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Scottish Forestry, the IUCN Peatland Programme and our fellow innovators to enhance the Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code. Our goal is to simplify processes and help more landowners take meaningful climate action.”
