The Impact section of your Tree-Nation forest profile offers a clear and dynamic overview of your environmental and social contributions. It’s designed to help you track, understand, and communicate the value generated through your tree-planting efforts — whether you're an individual, a company, or a larger organization.
🔍 Where to find it
Log in to your Tree-Nation account and click on “Access my forest” from the user menu. Then click on ¨Impact¨ tab in your forest menu bar.
📊 What the impact section includes
This section summarizes your tree-planting results across three key areas:
1. Environmental Impact
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🌳 Total Trees Planted – All trees you've planted through campaigns, habits, or automations.
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📐 Hectares Reforested – An estimate of the area you've helped reforest, based on tree density per project.
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🌬️ Estimated CO₂ Offset – The projected amount of CO₂ your trees are expected to capture.
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🐝 Biodiversity Benefits – Insight into how your forest supports local ecosystems and wildlife.
2. Forest Details
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📍 Location – Where your trees have been planted (project and country).
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🌿 Tree Species – Information on the types of trees planted, with links to learn more about each.
💡 Why this section matters
The Impact dashboard is more than numbers — it’s a storytelling and accountability tool:
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🎯 Use it in reports, presentations, and sustainability claims
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📣 Share your forest impact with clients, employees, or stakeholders
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🌍 See the real-world effect of your tree-planting initiatives
📐 How we calculate reforested hectares
Each reforestation project has its own average planting density (trees per hectare). We use this project-level density to estimate the surface area represented by the trees you plant within that project.
Your hectare figure is calculated from:
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The number of trees you planted
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The project’s average planting density
Example:
If you plant 2,000 trees in a project with an average density of 1,000 trees per hectare, your contribution represents approximately 2 hectares within that project.
This estimation does not include existing vegetation or land conditions. It offers a simple and comparable way to understand the surface your contribution represents across different projects. Because it relies on project-wide averages, it provides an indicative view rather than a precise site-by-site measurement.
As we improve our tools, we aim to offer more granular visibility in the future. For now, the values displayed in your forest represent the official hectare information we provide.
♻️ How we calculate CO₂ offset
Tree-Nation follows a 10-year CO₂ offset methodology based on the period of highest growth and carbon absorption. Our methodology uses conservative estimates to ensure the offset data is verifiable and trustworthy, following widely used ex-ante practices.
Key principles:
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CO₂ calculations are based on the first 10 years of each tree’s growth.
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Each species has a specific expected CO₂ capture rate depending on its biology and planting conditions.
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Your CO₂ estimate is calculated by multiplying the number of trees planted by the species-specific 10-year capture value.
📌 Important note:
The CO₂ numbers shown in your forest reflect the expected (ex-ante) capture during the tree’s first decade of growth. The value shown in each tree’s details is the official CO₂ figure associated with your planting.
After this period, we continue monitoring tree growth and long-term carbon dynamics (ex-post). These later measurements are informational and are not included in the CO₂ amount displayed in your impact metrics, but the additional ex-post capture provides an extra margin of assurance for the ex-ante values used in our methodology.
📊 Example
If a tree is expected to absorb 80 kg CO₂ over 10 years, and you plant 100 trees, your forest will show 8,000 kg (8 tonnes) of CO₂ offset — spread over the upcoming decade.
👉 Next steps
Let your forest tell your climate story — tree by tree, impact by impact. 🌳