What we do

Gaia Carbon Sciences, with our network of knowledge workers and organizations develop and implement projects striving towards establishing carbon negative systems.

A. What is a carbon negative system?
It is any system where the in-flow and capture of carbon continuously exceeds its release and out-flow.

• Soil, the terrestrial pool of organic carbon presents a system wherein soil carbon sequestration [SCS] could be optimized.  This implies an increase in the managed soil carbon pool for a defined period where the increased carbon is sourced from atmospheric CO2.
• Biomass, resulting from carbon negative primary production presents a further systems approach which extracts and sequesters CO2 from the atmosphere.
• The optimum use of all available renewable and sustainable energy resources will add further momentum to achieving carbon negative within a system.

B. What are the expected outcomes of an operational carbon negative system? 
A geographically defined carbon negative system [or even a system progressing towards carbon negative] in agricultural, forestry, urban or natural environments will have the potential to achieve various goals:

1. develop socio-economically  
2. develop political stability  
3. develop a capacity to ensure food security  
4. develop its environmental potential including the enhancement of biodiversity
5. increase the intrinsic value of the soil [its major fixed asset]  
6. build various sustainability platforms
7. develop markets for specific products [and services] such as bio-active carbon based fertilizers, including biochar, and their application  
8. present attractive investment opportunities  

The Mission of Gaia Carbon Sciences will be realized by developing and implementing projects which will attain these goals.