Transylvania Green

Transylvania, as it's name implies, used to be covered with trees: Oak, Hornbeam, Linden and many more.
Over the centuries, these forests have been cut back and diminished.

Transylvania Green has begun a process to help re-afforest what used to be the Lungs of Europe.

Various areas in Transylvania in the general vicinity of Sighisoara have been acquired and are being replanted with traditional varieties. A programme has been established with the Ministry of Forests to produce locally grown seedlings and saplings which will be used in the tree planting process, thus bringing employment and a much needed economic stability to one of the poorer regions of the New Europe.

Six questions you should ask any CO2 offset company .

Question1)Do your offsets result from specific projects, and what are they?
Answer: Yes. Our planting areas are all specified, and will be planted with the appropriate trees for the area. You can specify which areas you want to be planted and with which species of tree.

Question 2) How long will it take for the project to offset my emissions?
Answer: Because of the bio-diversity of the areas chosen, some of emissions will effectively be immediately offset. In general terms, it takes between one and three years for trees to grow to become significant offsetters.

Question 3) Can I follow the progress of the offsets I invest in and read reports of independent verifiers?
Answer: Yes. When you buy a certain number of trees, you will be told in which areas they will be planted, and how many hectares are in the area chosen. There will be an annual report on each area provided by the Local Area Action Group, which is supervised by the EU LEADER programme.

Question 4) Do your projects meet the Gold Standard?
Answer: Yes. All planting is supervised by the Ministry of Romanian State Forestry.

Question 5) Can you prove the projects in your portfolio would not have happened without you?
Answer: Yes. Prior to our involvement, there were no re-afforestation plans within the areas where we are working.

Question 6) Can you show you are not selling offsets more than once, or that I am not subsidising others to meet legal obligations?
Answer: Yes. Each area has a specific number of trees allocated to it. Within the independent annual report will be a table showing number of trees planted, estimated number remaining to fill the area, and estimated number to be planted within the following six months. The object of the exercise is re-afforestation and therefore there is no incentive to cheat. As regards cross-subsidisation, once the trees are planted, the supervision and maintenance costs are negligeable for individual offsetters, so there is no necessity to rob Peter to pay Paul.

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