Case Studies

Tree Farm License 1 and it’s associated timber license were part of the assets of Skeena Cellulose when it went into receivership.  Working with Brinkman Forest, Coast Tsimshian Resources, a company owned by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation, purchased the forest assets out of the receivership.  During negotiations for the purchase, Brinkman Earth Systems worked with Brinkman Forest to develop an integrated timber supply and financial model for the licenses, for the purposes...

Deforestation for subsistence agriculture is common in many parts of the tropics, whether for the creation of permanent agricultural land, or as part of a swidden agricultural system.  While some swidden systems are sustainable, global population growth means that net deforestation for subsistence agriculture continues to fragment and reduce tropical forest areas.  However, reducing the impacts of subsistence agriculture requires providing alternative livelihoods, or...

Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO), a Zambian NGO, has been working for many years to achieve conservation results through community engagement, agricultural practice improvement, and fair trade in Eastern Province, Zambia.  This history set the stage for a unique GHG offset project, combining reduced deforestation (REDD+) and soil improvement through enhanced farming practices (SALM).  Brinkman Earth Systems worked with COMACO and C-Quest Capital to assess the...

Integrating food production with other land uses provides a key opportunity to diversify local economies while enhancing food supply resiliency and producing other key products.  In British Columbia, landscapes in the drier interior have traditionally been managed for both timber production and extensive grazing of native grass species.  By using silvopasture techniques such as seeding of agronomic grass and legume species in parallel with reforestation after harvest,...