Calculations
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 year
tonnes = metric tons