What are Tree Canadas planting standards to ensure high quality projects?
Tree Canada has adopted a number of practices for our plantings to ensure project success: • Tree Canada uses local expertise – in particular Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs) – to evaluate planting sites to determine their potential suitability and productivity, to select appropriate species, and to monitor projects as required. • Planting sites are reviewed after 1, 2, and 5 years, and any dead or dying trees are replanted. • Tree Canada guarantees a 60% survival rate, which is very conservative, given we have a 90% success rate over the past 15 years (see below) • Finally, Tree Canada uses conservative estimates of sequestration volumes.
