Funga’s Southern Pine Grouped Carbon Project
Located in one of the world’s most significant working forest regions, Funga’s Southern Pine Carbon Project shifts forestry toward a regenerative future—starting with the soil fungi.
Each year, Funga partners with private forest landowners across the U.S. South to reintroduce native, growth-promoting soil fungi during their scheduled replanting. This accelerates forest growth, driving durable and measurable carbon removal. The carbon is then stored in long-lived harvested wood products that end up in the built environment.
By restoring the soil microbiome, our project bolsters forest outcomes and directs climate finance to frontline landowners and their communities—creating long-term alignment between ecological health, economic viability, and real climate action.
SCALE
28,000 acres enrolled across 12 U.S. states
PEOPLE
65+ landowner partners, with roughly $1M in landowner benefits provided in 2025
CARBON REMOVAL
5M tonnes of carbon projected to be removed from the project’s first five planting years
How It Works
ESTABLISH: Each year, we help landowners replant their forests with seedlings inoculated with native soil fungi.
GROW: The inoculated trees grow faster, storing more carbon.
REALIZE: We provide high-quality carbon removal credits to help companies achieve their carbon targets. This channels climate finance back to the landowners participating in the project.
Funga forges dynamic partnerships across industry, academia, and nonprofits to unlock the full power of working forests—as vital carbon sinks, thriving biodiversity havens, and enduring sources of value for communities.
What Makes Our Project Unique?
ADDITIONALITY RIGOR
We don't just hope for results—we prove them. Each planting site uses randomized control blocks to compare uninoculated seedlings with those treated with native soil fungi. This ensures the project’s climate impact is real, and that the removal credits represent direct observations.
DURABILITY DRIVEN
Our climate solution doesn't end when a tree is harvested. The wood is transformed into long-lived products—such as timber for homes—that store carbon for 100+ years. This keeps carbon out of the atmosphere, creating a lasting climate benefit that also supports decarbonizing the built environment with regeneratively-grown fiber.
NO LEAKAGE
Our project is designed to increase wood production on the same amount of land, which prevents shifting demand for timber elsewhere. This directly mitigates leakage risk, ensuring our carbon benefits are not compromised by harmful market activity shifts.
BEYOND CARBON
Our impact goes far beyond carbon. This is a carbon project fundamentally built on restoring soil biodiversity we can measure, creating healthier rural economies, and growing resilient forests amidst a changing climate.
The project will be listed and credited on the Verra Carbon Registry, which is leading the way in developing first of their kind approaches that reflect dynamic baseline conditions and reduce barriers to entry for landowners of all sizes.
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