Reforestation & ARR

Reforesting Degraded Appalachian Mine and Agricultural Lands

Reforesting Degraded Appalachian Mine and Agricultural Lands restores land that struggles to recover on its own, abandoned coal-mine sites and degraded agricultural land in Appalachia, by planting native hardwoods and pines. Living Carbon is its developer. The Isometric registry lists the project as under validation.

ProponentLiving Carbon
StandardIsometric registry, Reforestation protocol, under validation, verifier 350SolutionsIsometric registry, Reforestation protocol, under validation, verifier 350Solutions
MethodologyReforestation
StatusIn validation
LocationAppalachia, United States: abandoned coal-mine land and degraded agricultural landAppalachia, United States: abandoned coal-mine land and degraded agricultural land
EcosystemForestsDegraded and abandoned mine land, plus depleted agricultural land (temperate bottomland and mixed hardwood/pine forest) · Farmland and agroforestry

Inside the project

The project reforests land that struggles to recover on its own: abandoned coal-mine sites, exhausted farmland and soils stripped of topsoil by past industrial use. Living Carbon prepares the sites and plants native hardwoods and pines.

The registry snapshot the hub holds (VROD v2026-08) lists the project on the Isometric registry as ISOprj_1JQ76PQZX1S04S93, with the status Under validation, the methodology Reforestation and 350Solutions as verifier. Living Carbon is the developer named there.

Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), the poplar species behind Living Carbon's photosynthesis-enhanced hybrid treesThe poplar species behind the hybrid trees Living Carbon develops. It is not a photograph of this project.Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)Source

Objectives

  • Restore abandoned mine land and degraded agricultural land that would not naturally regenerate, returning native forest cover.
  • Generate verified carbon-removal credits under the Isometric Reforestation Protocol.

Approach

  • Measurement, reporting and verification combine site preparation, planting of mixed native species, and tracking of tree survival, growth and biomass against project baselines, with third-party verification before credits are issued.
  • Credits are verified and issued under the Isometric Reforestation Protocol.
Forest reclamation on former mine land, illustrating the kind of degraded ground Living Carbon reforestsForest reclamation on former mine land, shown as an illustration of the kind of ground the project restores. It does not show Living Carbon land.geograph.org.uk, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource

Registry

Isometric project id
ISOprj_1JQ76PQZX1S04S93
Issued
0
Retired
0
Remaining
0
Buffer pool deposits
0
Status
Under validation
Verifier
350Solutions

Sources

  1. Living Carbon
  2. Living Carbon selects Isometric Reforestation Protocol for major reforestation offtake