Afforestation The Haida Climate Forest reforestation projects will create diverse and strictly protected woodlands within and adjoining ancestral Haida Gwaii lands on the Queen Charlotte's Islands in British Columbia. These forests will promote ecosystem diversity, expand priceless wildlife habitat, and offer a sustainable bounty of natural forest products, such as wild foods, craft materials, and traditional medicines.

Increased Biodiversity The Haida Climate Forest Project's richly variegated woodlands will encourage increased biodiversity among both plant and animal species. As the forests grow, root systems will expand and reduce soil erosion, the canopy will expand and provide shelter, and leaves and branches will fall and increase the nutrient content of the soil.  All of this will contribute to an environment in which healthy indigenous plants can thrive. Wildlife will also migrate to these forests because of the available food, habitats, and protection they provide.

Improved Air Quality Using photosynthesis, trees capture energy from sunlight and convert water and CO2 into carbohydrates and O2. Forests thereby help cleanse the atmosphere of climate-changing CO2, while richly oxygenating the local environment. As a result, large-scale afforestation activities not only significantly improve regional air quality, they can also have far-reaching global benefits.

Improved Water Quality Trees continuously recycle water and thus play a critical role in the hydrologic cycle. Trees absorb water through their roots and channel it to their leaves for photosynthesis. Most of this water then returns to the air as evaporated water vapor, thus cleansing the ground water and refreshing the local atmosphere. Trees also improve an area's water quality, soil stability, and flood control capacity simply by their very presence. A forest's intermingled root systems increase the soil's capacity to retain and filter water. As a result, the surrounding land can better resist erosion, hold more moisture, and trap more pollutants, all of which lead to cleaner, clearer water downstream.

Economic Benefits Conscientious afforestation projects generate many new social and economic opportunities. For example, the necessary nursery, planting and forest maintenance work creates immediate employment demands, which boost the local economy. As the forest matures it also increases the area's recreation and eco-tourism potential and generates long-term revenue growth.

Investor Benefits Investors not only benefit personally from the carbon credit revenue Haida Climate Forests will yield, they will simultaneously contribute to regional ecosystem health, employment opportunities, and community stabilization and redevelopment.