Offset Your Carbon Footprint

Support rainforest conservation and regeneration by offsetting your carbon footprint today!

Help Fight Global Climate Change

Offsetting your carbon footprint with TMA is a tangible and impactful way to fight climate change, promote biodiversity, and uplift local communities. The tropical forest found in the Jama-Coaque Reserve and the greater Capuchin Corridor absorb vast amounts of the major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, which is required to avoid the catastrophic effects of global climate change.

However, we know that calculating your individual footprint can sometimes be confusing or even intimidating. Online calculators can take time to understand and frequently ask for information very few of us have readily available.

For this reason, we have taken a different approach. Our team has spent the last few years studying the international carbon market and the impact we each make through the activities of our daily lives. To make your lives easier, we have elected to provide a variety of offset options based on global averages.

With this approach, you can offset your estimated carbon footprint in less than two minutes and feel good about the positive impact you are having on the planet. Use the form to the right to pick the average footprint size that makes the most sense for you.

Our Carbon Offset Program

Designing a carbon offset program requires a huge amount of research, analysis, and collaboration with a diverse range of experts. The process requires both complex computational work and intense fieldwork to ensure accurate and reliable results.

TMA began this long and complex process a number of years ago together with an international team of researchers and experts. The overarching goal of this effort was to inventory the distribution of biomass (stored carbon) in the Jama-Coaque Reserve and the greater Capuchin Corridor, and estimate the total cost to protect and restore forest cover in the region.

The results of years of collaborative work provided us with an average carbon density of 80-190 tons per hectare (varying by forest type), and an average total cost of $20/ ton. An in-depth review of how we obtained these results can be seen in the technical reports shared below.

Technical Reports

Our Collaborators

Dr. Carlos Salas-Macias & Dr.Ezequiel Zamora-Ledezma: Universidad Técnica de Manabí

Dr. Xavier Haro-Carrión: Macalester College

Sake Alkema: IUCN Netherlands & Satelligence

Mike Ellis: Tulane University