A single project sequesters 100 tonnes of wet carbon per day in the ground:
- One tonne of dry carbon yields 3.67 tonnes of CO2
- One tonne of dry carbon equals two tons of wet carbon
- One tree sequesters 48 pounds of CO2 per year.
(One tree sequesters 48 lbs/2200 lbs per tonne per day / 365 days per year)
= 0.0000598 tonnes / day
- 100 tonnes of wet carbon per day = 0.5(3.67)100
= 183.5 Tonnes CO2 per day
- 183.5 Tonnes CO2 per day / 0.0000598 Tonnes / Day / Tree
= ~ 3,068,561 trees per day