What is texas coastal exchange?
Texas Coastal Exchange (TCX) is a non-governmental, non-regulatory system designed to enable concerned citizens and corporations to reduce their contribution to climate change and support increased conservation and protection of Texas lands for future generations.
It is a framework in which individuals, organizations, and corporations can support the conservation of local Texas landscapes and the ecosystem processes that provide benefits to us all. We currently facilitate the ability to provide support for landowners who provide ongoing carbon sequestration, on a metric ton/acre/year basis, 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 donating to support the Texas Coastal Exchange Carbon Sequestration Program, you can reduce your carbon footprint and move us toward a system where sufficient land area has been dedicated to sequestering 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 financial support. We have plans to expand down the coast and to include private landowners, in 2019.
We are also planning to offer the ability to directly support other ecosystem processes, such as water holding capacity, fish productivity, and endangered species habitat. All of the ecosystems processes 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 individuals, organizations, and corporations can support the conservation of local Texas landscapes and the ecosystem processes that provide benefits to us all. We currently facilitate the ability to provide support for landowners who provide ongoing carbon sequestration, on a metric ton/acre/year basis, 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 donating to support the Texas Coastal Exchange Carbon Sequestration Program, you can reduce your carbon footprint and move us toward a system where sufficient land area has been dedicated to sequestering 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 financial support. We have plans to expand down the coast and to include private landowners, in 2019.
We are also planning to offer the ability to directly support other ecosystem processes, such as water holding capacity, fish productivity, and endangered species habitat. All of the ecosystems processes 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.