Inside Microsoft's Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal

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The ARC project nursery is larger than a football field and will accommodate over one million saplings / Source: Ponterra/Allison
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The ARC project nursery is larger than a football field and will accommodate over one million saplings / Source: Ponterra/Allison

Eight months of due diligence and tens of millions in early-stage financing will help restore 10,000 hectares of tropical forest in Panama

In May, Microsoft signed a large nature-based carbon offtake agreement with the Azuero Reforestación Colectiva (ARC). The project aims to restore more than 24,700 acres of degraded tropical forest on Panama's...

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