News & Updates

Brinkman Climate attends Climate Summit of the Americas

Sep
27

Joseph Pallant represented Brinkman Climate at Ontario's Climate Summit of the Americas in Toronto.

Whistler to purchase carbon offsets from Cheakamus Community Forest

Aug
4

"The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is now able to neutralize its corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by purchasing carbon offsets locally as part of its broader Carbon Neutral Operations Plan. This is possible because of the recent signing of an agreement between the Cheakamus Community Forest near Whistler and the Province of British Columbia, which allows the community forest to generate and sell carbon offsets.

Whistler, RMOW, offset sales, carbon neutrality

Download the sales brochure for Cheakamus Community Forest Offset Project.

Jun
30

The Cheakamus Community Forest Carbon Project has been registered on the Markit Environmental Registry, the final step in issuing offsets from the project.

Cheakamus Community Forest Offset Project: Whistler's Improved Forest Management

Mar
16

By Joseph Pallant, Brinkman Climate Manager

In 2009, the 32,000 ha Cheakamus Community Forest (CCF) was awarded to a partnership between the Municipality of Whistler, the Squamish First Nation and the Lil’Wat First Nation. Social enterprise non-profit Ecotrust Canada helped broker this new community forest. One of its first recommendations was that the principles of ecosystem-based management form the foundation for management of the licence, to meet a wide range of social and environmental goals, including maintaining long term carbon sequestration to address global warming. This is where Brinkman Earth Systems joined the project.

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Featured News

Cheakamus Community Forest Featured in the Narwhal

August 27, 2021

Brinkman Featured on Voice of America News: Clear-Cuts to Rosewood

January 30, 2018

Brinkman Profiled in New WRI & TNC Report: “The Business of Growing Trees”

January 24, 2018

Publications

Credible Conservation Offsets for Natural Areas in British Columbia: Technical Report

Read full report here

Credible_Conservation_Offsets.pdf

Credible_Conservation_Offsets.pdf, by Ino
The Business of Growing Trees: A Growing Investment Opportunity

Brinkman’s forest restoration work has been profiled in a new report released Jan 18^th 2018 by World Resources Institute (WRI) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on the Restoration Economy. The new report, titled The Business of Planting Trees: A Growing Investment Opportunity, shows that “restoring degraded and deforested lands is not only a boon for the environment, but a lucrative opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs. WRI and TNC looked at hundreds of companies – tech startups, consumer goods companies, timber producers, etc. – and selected 14 enterprises to highlight from around the world.”

Having been in “The Business of Planting Trees” for nearing 50 years, it is an honour for us at Brinkman to have been selected as one of 14 leading examples across the globe of successful business in the land restoration economy, and one of only 2 companies showcased as “a ‘one-stop shop’ for restoration” in the Project Management section. The Brinkman profile showcases treeplanting projects across Canada, carbon offset projects in BC, and native species hardwood plantation management projects in Central America, as pointed examples of the various land restoration project types our team of skilled managers have delivered.

With over 1.4 billion trees planted and over a million hectares restored, having our hands in the soil across this time has taught us how each natural system works together uniquely, supporting and enriching its human communities. Without stewardship, without balance between people and the biosphere, there is no economy. We've learned how to plant a sapling – or an idea – so its roots grow strong and deep.

Download full report here:

business-planting-trees_0.pdf

business-planting-trees_0.pdf, by WRI & TNC