What is texas coastal exchange?
Texas Coastal Exchange (TCX) is a non-governmental, non-regulatory system designed to enable consumers to reduce their contribution to climate change and drive the market for increased conservation and protection of Texas lands for future generations.
It is a framework in which everyday consumers can support the conservation of local Texas landscapes and the ecosystem services that they provide. We currently facilitate the purchase of carbon sequestration, on a metric ton/acre/year basis, from participating sellers, who are all located along the upper Texas coast. Much of the current acreage available for carbon sequestration is tidal salt and brackish marsh. The productive grasses in these wetlands remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester the carbon in the soil very rapidly. They are an integral part of a functioning coastal ecosystem.
By purchasing carbon sequestration capacity, you can offset your carbon footprint and move us toward a system where sufficient land area has been dedicated to offsetting the carbon dioxide released through our everyday activities, an important step toward a carbon neutral future.
We are currently in the initial Beta Phase of launching this exciting endeavor and are working with local conservation groups in the upper Texas coast for our initial 2018 carbon sequestration offering. We have plans to expand down the coast, and to include individual landowners, in early 2019.
We are also planning to offer the ability to directly support other ecosystem services, such as water holding capacity, fish productivity, and endangered species habitat. All of the ecosystems services we will be supporting occur in the landscapes of the Texas Gulf Coast; we are proud to promote and support continued conservation in our own region.
It is a framework in which everyday consumers can support the conservation of local Texas landscapes and the ecosystem services that they provide. We currently facilitate the purchase of carbon sequestration, on a metric ton/acre/year basis, from participating sellers, who are all located along the upper Texas coast. Much of the current acreage available for carbon sequestration is tidal salt and brackish marsh. The productive grasses in these wetlands remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester the carbon in the soil very rapidly. They are an integral part of a functioning coastal ecosystem.
By purchasing carbon sequestration capacity, you can offset your carbon footprint and move us toward a system where sufficient land area has been dedicated to offsetting the carbon dioxide released through our everyday activities, an important step toward a carbon neutral future.
We are currently in the initial Beta Phase of launching this exciting endeavor and are working with local conservation groups in the upper Texas coast for our initial 2018 carbon sequestration offering. We have plans to expand down the coast, and to include individual landowners, in early 2019.
We are also planning to offer the ability to directly support other ecosystem services, such as water holding capacity, fish productivity, and endangered species habitat. All of the ecosystems services we will be supporting occur in the landscapes of the Texas Gulf Coast; we are proud to promote and support continued conservation in our own region.