News and Publications

Company Overview
Terra Global Capital Offering and Technical Expertise Summary
[pdf 1.38 MB]

VCS Methodology
Baseline and Monitoring Methodology for Project Activities that Reduce Emissions from Deforestation on Degrading Land
First VCS Mosaic REDD Methodology to Complete Dual Validation. Developed by Terra Global Capital in collaboration with Community Forestry International.

CCB Project Design Document
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia: A Community Forestry Initiative for Carbon and Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction
Submitted to the CCB for public comment October 2009. [pdf 5.46 MB]

Articles in Publication
An Integrated REDD Offset Program (IREDD) for Nesting Projects under Jurisdictional Accounting
Steven De Gryze, Ph.D. and Leslie Durschinger. 2010, Prepared for the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force ("GCF"). [pdf 1.01 MB]

Cashing in Carbon Credits: Can GIS Cost-Effectively Measure Forest Gains and Losses?
Steven De Gryze, Ph. D. July 2009, GeoWorld Magazine. [pdf 1.18 MB]

Modeling Shows that Alternative Soil Management Can Decrease Greenhouse Gases
Steven de Gryze, Maria Victoria Albarracin, Rosa Catala-Luque, Richard E. Howitt, and Johan Six. 2009, California Agriculture 63:2 [pdf 613 KB]

Realistic Payments Could Encourage Farmers to Adopt Practices that Sequester Carbon
Richard Howitt, Rosala Catala Luque, Steven de Gryze, Santhi Wicks, Johan Six. 2009, California Agriculture 63:2 [pdf 437 KB]

Case Studies
Designing Collaborative REDD Projects: A Case Study from Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia
Mark Poffenberger, Ph.D., Steven De Gryze, Ph. D. & Leslie Durschinger. 2009, Community Forestry International and Terra Global Capital. [pdf 25.2 MB]

Communities & Carbon: Establishing a Community Forestry-REDD Project in Cambodia
Amanda Bradley. 2009, PACT, in collaboration with Terra Global Capital. [pdf 2.24 MB]

Investor Newsletters
Investor Newsletter Q3 Quarter 2011 [pdf 312 KB]
Terra perspective from COP17, Durban; Key messages from State of the Forest Carbon Market Report 2011; Terra Updates First anchor commitment to Terra Bella Fund: $40 million approval by OPIC Terra's focus on projects using a community-based forestry approach Oddar Meanchey Community-based REDD Project Investment Opportunity.

Investor Newsletter Q3 Quarter 2011 [pdf 299 KB]
California cap-and-trade program update; methodology pipeline; contribution to market development through innovative insurance contract; Terra in the news recently.

Investor Newsletter Feb 2011 [pdf 300 KB]
Environmental Finance Webinar Series in association with Terra Global Capital; REDD+ at Cancun; More on California Cap and Trade.

Investor Newsletter Dec 2010 [pdf 299 KB]
Leslie Durschinger Editorial in Environmental Finance Cancun Special Edition; Terra completes first Mosaic REDD Dual Validation; California Cap-and-Trade Programme announces inclusion of REDD.

Issue Paper
The Emerging Market for Forest and Land-Use Carbon. A new asset class with early-stage investment opportunities that generate extensive environmental and social benefits.
Kevin Brennan, Leslie Durschinger. A report prepared by Terra Global Investment Management, LLC the investment manager of the Terra Bella Forest and Land-Use Carbon Fund, a Luxembourg SIF-SICAV currently in structuring and capital raising.[pdf 1 MB]

Evaluation of the Opportunities for Generating Carbon Offsets from Soil Sequestration of Biochar
Steven De Gryze, Michael Cullen and Leslie Durschinger. With support from Johannes Lehmann, David Bluhm, Johan Six, and Emma Suddick. An issues paper prepared by Terra Global Capital for the California Climate Action Reserve. April 2010. [pdf 2 MB]

Press Release
Terra Global Capital Secures Investment Capital for REDD and Land Use Carbon Fund
Terra Global Capital Press Release, November 3, 2011. [pdf 330 KB]

Terra Global Capital Signs Groundbreaking OPIC REDD Insurance Contract
Terra Global Capital Press Release, June 30, 2011. [pdf 330 KB]

Terra Global Capital's VCS Mosaic REDD Methodology is First to Complete Dual Validation
Terra Global Capital Press Release, December 03, 2010. [pdf 330 KB]

Terra Global Capital's VCS Mosaic REDD Methodology Completes the First Validation
Terra Global Capital Press Release, August 12, 2010. [pdf 82 KB]

Cambodia Signs Avoided Deforestation Carbon Agreements for Voluntary Carbon Standard Project
Terra Global Capital Press Release, June 24 2009. [pdf 74 KB]