Upcoming FCCP Events
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About
The Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP) aims to increase understanding and implementation of climate-smart forest management, which inextricably links climate change mitigation and adaptation. The FCCP was established to connect professionals, natural resource managers, decision-makers, students and the broader public with the value of forested lands and forest products in addressing climate change.
News
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FCCP organizes workshop to help landowners engage with the carbon economy in Albany, New York
Published on June 27, 2025
FCCP organized a 1-day workshop in Albany, New York, to increase landowner and forestry professional engagement with voluntary carbon markets and provide information on other innovative sources of income. -
FCCP publishes white paper and hyper-realistic urban tree visualization summarizing the impact of Emerald Ash Borer in Detroit, MI
Published on June 27, 2025
FCCP researchers and communication specialists published a white paper and a hyper-realistic urban tree visualization to help address urban forest inequities in support of climate change mitigation and adaptation. -
FCCP researchers received grant to establish climate adaptive silviculture demonstration site
Published on June 10, 2025
FCCP researchers receive funding to establish a climate adaptive silviculture demonstration site to foster carbon resiliency at the Fred Russ Experimental Forest. -
FCCP organizes workshop to build voluntary forest carbon market decision support capacity in Rhinelander Wisconsin
Published on June 5, 2025
FCCP organized a 1-day workshop in Rhinelander Wisconsin to increase landowner and forestry professional decision-making support to engage in voluntary carbon markets. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series – Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy
Published on May 16, 2025
Webinar five of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy." Panelists discuss the role carbon benefits play in financing nature climate solutions.
Graduate Certificate
Earn a Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management. The Certificate consists of three 3-credit courses, all available completely online. Participants include a wide range of graduate students, recent graduates, and working professionals.
Professional Courses
The FCCP hosts a collection of online non-credit courses that provide professionals with practical knowledge and skill-building in topics of forest carbon science, policy, and management.
Partners and Projects
Program objectives are achieved through working with strategic partners to better communicate and bring attention to key topics, engage in collaborative research, create educational content and programming, and bridge dialogue gaps on carbon and climate topics related to forests and forested lands.
Open Resource Library
The Open Resource Library (ORL) is an online space dedicated to sharing educational outputs from our for-credit and non-credit course offerings to a wide audience of practitioners, educators, and members of the public. The primary goal of the ORL is to increase access to educational imagery, tools, and content regarding topics of forests and climate. This resource will be continuously updated to ensure visitors have access to up-to-date and relevant content from the FCCP.
Forest Carbon and Climate Job Opportunities
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Contact
To reach the Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP) with comments or questions, email forestc@msu.edu.
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