ACTS - Agroforestry Carbon Token System
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Michael Lustenberger
- Deputy of project leader : Dr. Eleonóra Bassi
- Project team : Lina Avila, Matthias Baumann, Wassim Chabrak, Dr. Dandolo Flumini, Christa Hirschvogel, Mareike Jäger, Pauline Kalathas, Dr. Lukas Lichtensteiger
- Project budget : CHF 433'792
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Innosuisse (Innovationsprojekt / Projekt Nr. 104.664.1 IP-EE)
- Project partner : First Climate AG
- Contact person : Michael Lustenberger
Description
Agroforestry has significant benefits for climate change mitigation and sustainable agroecosystems. For its valorisation as climate protection project, a new carbon certification scheme that allows continuous accounting of the CO2 removed by biomass carbon on a blockchain system is developed.