We promote long-lived forests that address climate change and restore our landscapes.
Permanent Forests NZ is New Zealand’s leading developer and supplier of premium carbon forest offsets.
Long-lived forests provide a range of ecosystem services such as improving the health of rivers and streams, providing safe habitats for our native birds, and removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with New Zealand’s domestic target, requires massive CO2 removal from the atmosphere. This can be partly done through the establishment and maintenance of long-lived forests. Existing forests and the carbon they store require long-term protection and maintenance, while the restoration of new forests is capable of removing vast quantities of carbon emissions in the near term.
Forests are the most effective and cheapest technology to remove and store carbon pollution.
We help landowners to diversify their income through forest conservation and we support organisations to meet emissions targets by partnering with our premium offset projects.
