Your Land.
Your Legacy.
Your Reward.
Your forest is valuable.
Get paid to keep it that way.
Three Oaks Carbon develops urban forest preservation projects with landowners across the US. We generate verified carbon credits that reward you for keeping your forest standing, working under two complementary methodologies so each property gets routed to the approach that produces the strongest credits for it.
Financial reward for
protecting your forest
No upfront costs
No disruption to
your property
No hassle – we do
it all for you
Protection of your legacy with
a long term partnership
Local land ownership
retained and benefits to
your community
We handle the entire process
How it works:
1. Project eligibility
After an initial period to check the conservation project fits with your goals, we run an eligibility screen for your land. If successful you will get a letter of intent with full details including your income projection.
2. Project agreement
After independent in-depth due diligence, your project agreement will be provided with your final income estimate. The landowner may still pull out at this stage.
3. Project finalization
Upon acceptance, Three Oaks Carbon will compile all project documentation, oversee your forester visit and create the legal conservation agreements.
We will finalize your project and start marketing the sale of your carbon credits.
4. You get paid!
Proceeds from the sale of credits are paid out to the landowner. Three Oaks Carbon finances all upfront costs and is paid by taking a small commission on the proceeds of these sales.
5. Continual monitoring and support
For the lifetime of your project, we will continue to check for compliance, as well as offer other environmental services that would benefit forest health and biodiversity
Get in touch now to see if you
could earn income from your land
Our process lets families earn income while preserving these green spaces for future generations
Having witnessed firsthand the pressure landowners face to develop their properties, we created a solution that makes protection profitable.
If you’d like to protect your forest while creating a new income stream, please get in touch to explore your options.
FAQ’s
There are no upfront costs for the landowner. Three Oaks Carbon finances the project and takes a fee after we sell your carbon credits. We only take a small percentage of the proceeds from the sale of carbon credits.
This varies from project to project. Once we have reviewed your project eligibility, we provide you with an estimate for the income you might earn off your land. When our final due diligence checks are complete, we will finalize your income estimate before you commit to anything.
Eligibility depends on the methodology and your specific property. In general, your land needs to be in or near a US urban area, forested today, legally permitted to be developed (no existing conservation easement or restrictive zoning), and genuinely at risk of being lost to development.
When you reach out, we pre-screen your property against both methodologies (City Forest Credits and ACR ACSM) and confirm which one fits. There’s no commitment to find out.
Landowners must commit to a time frame of at least 40 years to preserve the property. During that time you must not cut down, destroy, or remove trees or substantially disrupt soil within the boundaries of the property, except when required for forest or human health. This commitment will be binding for all heirs, beneficiaries, and future landowners.
Yes. You retain the land ownership and have the ability to sell or lease your property, as long as the future owner or lessee understands and complies with the existing preservation agreement.
You can change your mind at any point up until the final agreement is signed.
As well as earning income while protecting your land and legacy, you will bring many environmental, wellbeing, and economic benefits to your community. Learn more about community benefits.