How much will the compensation cost me?
The offset amount depends on the level of your emissions.
On an area of 100 m², 6 tons ofCO2 are bound in the Wilderness International nature reserve. We protect 100 m² with 100 €. This results in an amount of € 16.70 per ton ofCO2.
This amount includes:
- Direct refinancing of land purchases and thus direct and permanent protection of a wilderness area together with our sister foundations in Peru and Canada
- annual property tax of the nature reserve in the project land
- Research into biodiversity and carbon fluxes together with local partners
This makes compensation with Wilderness International comparatively very favorable. On one hand, this is because the wilderness areas, unlike other compensation projects, already exist and require no maintenance. On the other hand, it is due to our ability to keep administrative costs minimal. Furthermore, we are one of the few providers that, as a project foundation, assume full responsibility for the data foundation and compensation projects, including research activities, and therefore have no transmission costs. Wilderness International does not act as an intermediary or for economic gain. Our time horizon is based on the age of the ecosystems, with their more than 1,000 year old trees.