Learning Exchange Series

Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series

The Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series (LES), co-hosted by the Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP), the Society of American Foresters (SAF), and the FOCCE Program at Pennsylvania State University invites academics, practitioners, policymakers, and other experts to present innovative and important research, projects, and strategies relating to forest carbon. The series aims to develop and expand forest stakeholder knowledge and perspectives on forest carbon science, management, and strategy.

The 2025 Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series will feature six webinar panels that will bring together leading experts in forest carbon science, management, and policy to advance dialogues in support of high-integrity forest carbon offsets and credits. Panel conversations will not only identify major questions, barriers and gaps surrounding forests carbon offsets, but work to further the dialogue by identifying current research needs and potential pathways forward to foster the role of forests as natural climate solutions

Recordings will be posted below following the event. The LES has been organized and hosted by FCCP since 2017 (with initial support from the Forest-Climate Working Group). It reaches increasingly large and diverse audiences with engaging monthly presentations and active audience Q&A throughout the academic year.

Support for this series is provided, in part, by funding from SAF's Hagenstein Fund. To honor the legacy and memory of professional forester and SAF leader William D. Hagenstein, this fund aims to reach audiences beyond the forestry community and foster thoughtful exchanges about how and why forests, and the services they provide, are essential to our future.

The six conversations will cover the following topics:

Performance - Panel: Matt Hurteau (University of New Mexico), Bill Anderegg (University of Utah), Christopher Galik (North Caroline State University), Rebecca Sanders-DeMott (Clean Air Task Force)
Additionality - Panel: Adam Daigneault (University of Maine), Lilli Kaarakka (Cal Poly -San Luis Obispo), Greg Latta (University of Idaho), Margarita Fernandez (Pennsylvania State University)
Leakage - Panel: Brent Sohngen (Ohio State University), Barbara Haya (UC Berkeley), Ethan Belair (The Nature Conservancy), Moderated by: Chad Papa (MSU FCCP)
Monitoring, reporting, and verification - Panel: Kim Novick (Indiana University), Jason Gibson (Weyerhaueser), John Gunn (The Nature Conservancy), and Dan Hayes (University of Maine). Moderated by: Chad Papa (MSU FCCP)
Market investments and the forest bioeconomy - Panel: Dave McEvoy (Appalachian State University), Tammy Kowalczyk (Appalachian State University), Raju Pokharel (Michigan State University), Tammy Cushing (University of Florida). Moderated by: Melissa Kreye (Pennsylvania State University).
Social and ecological implications - Panel: Tatyana Ruseva (Applachian State University), Stephanie Chizmar (USDA Forest Service R&D), Jake Stanton (National Indian Carbon Coalition).

Full panel lineups will be announced on a rolling basis but please see the informational flyers below for more information.

View the full series recordings on YouTube.

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2025 Learning Exchange Series

2025 Learning Exchange Series: Social and Ecological Impacts

Published on June 25, 2025
Webinar four of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Social and Ecological Impacts of Forest Carbon Offsets." Panelists discuss ways to improve and ensure social and ecological safeguards for forest carbon projects.
2025 Learning Exchange Series – Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy

Published on May 16, 2025
Webinar five of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy." Panelists discuss the role carbon benefits play in financing nature climate solutions.
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification

Published on April 25, 2025
Webinar four of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification." Panelists discuss the process of measuring, tracking, and reviewing carbon benefits.
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Leakage

Published on March 14, 2025
Webinar three of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Leakage." Panelists discuss research priorities to reduce forest carbon leakage.
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Additionality

Published on February 28, 2025
Webinar two of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Additionality." The concept that specific actions increase carbon storage beyond what would have been stored without the project.
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Permanence

Published on January 24, 2025
Webinar one of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Permanence." Ensures that carbon is stored in forests in the long term, that carbon credits sold hold carbon value beyond the life of the project.

2023-24 Learning Exchange Series

2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Managing forests for carbon offsets—opportunities, risks, and the way forward

Published on June 5, 2024
Webinar recording with Lilli Kaarakka, Assistant Professor at Cal Poly
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Forest carbon stewardship: The nexus of climate adaptation and mitigation

Published on May 1, 2024
In this webinar, Adrienne Keller and Todd Ontl present "Forest carbon stewardship: The nexus of climate adaptation and mitigation."
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Mass Timber: How to Think About the Carbon Value Proposition

Published on April 3, 2024
In this webinar, Sandra Lupien and Katie Fernholz present "Mass Timber: How to Think About the Carbon Value Proposition."
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Translating science into practice through forest certification to address the co-occurring climate and biodiversity crises

Published on March 13, 2024
In this webinar, Lauren Cooper and Healy Hamilton present "Translating science into practice through forest certification to address the co-occurring climate and biodiversity crises."
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Recent efforts to quantify potential leakage in forest carbon offset markets

Published on February 9, 2024
In this webinar, Greg Latta, Brent Sohngen, and Adam Daigneault present "Recent efforts to quantify potential leakage in forest carbon offset markets".
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Assessing alternative modeling frameworks for carbon accounting in managed forests

Published on January 8, 2024
In this webinar, Adam Daigneault and Daniel Hayes from University of Maine, School of Forest Resources presents "Assessing alternative modeling frameworks for carbon accounting in managed forests."
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Financing Natural Climate Solutions at Scale

Published on December 8, 2023
In this webinar, Nathan Truitt from the American Forest Foundation presents "Financing Natural Climate Solutions at Scale".
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Forest Sector Carbon Accounting 101: Matching the Question with the Right Framework

Published on November 3, 2023
In this webinar, Edie Sonne Hall from Three Trees Consulting presents "Forest Sector Carbon Accounting 101: Matching the Question with the Right Framework".
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series: Trees and forests as nature-based solutions in the United States

Published on October 6, 2023
In this webinar, speaker Grant Domke from the USDA Forest Service presents, "Trees and forests as nature-based solutions in the United States".

2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series

2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Wildfires and their Impacts on Forest Carbon

Published on June 2, 2022
In this webinar, speaker John Bailey presents, "Wildfires and their Impacts on Forest Carbon."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Modeling Forest Management and Carbon: A Tool for State-Wide Planning and Action

Published on May 5, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Chad Papa and Kendall DeLyser present, "Modeling Forest Management and Carbon: A Tool for State-Wide Planning and Action."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Recent Findings on Building-Scale Carbon LCAs and Demand-Driven Landscape Impacts

Published on April 7, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Maureen Puettmann and Indroneil Ganguly present, "Recent Findings on Building-Scale Carbon LCAs and Demand-Driven Landscape Impacts."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Emerging Climate-Oriented Bioeconomy Frameworks: A Central Role for Forests

Published on March 3, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Rachel Pasternack, Ethan Belair, and Yangyang Wang present, "Emerging Climate-Oriented Bioeconomy Frameworks: A Central Role for Forests."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Climate-Informed Forestry: USDA Forest Service Priorities

Published on February 2, 2022
In this webinar, speaker Chris Swanston presents, "Climate-Informed Forestry: USDA Forest Service Priorities."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Forest Protection for Carbon Mitigation: Data and Approaches to Maximize Impact

Published on January 5, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Abigail Weinberg and Jennifer Melville from Open Space Institute present "Forest Protection for Carbon Mitigation: Data and Approaches to Maximize Impact."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Landowner Interest in Forest Carbon Market Opportunities in the US

Published on December 1, 2021
In this webinar, speakers Melissa Kreye and Calvin Norman from Penn State Extension present "Landowner Interest in Forest Carbon Market Opportunities in the US."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Approach to Scaling a High-Integrity Carbon Market

Published on November 5, 2021
In this webinar, speaker Erik Ringvold presents "Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Approach to Scaling a High-Integrity Carbon Market."
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Intro to and Status of the Voluntary Markets

Published on October 7, 2021
In this webinar, speaker Patrick Maguire presents "Intro to and Status of the Voluntary Markets."

2019-20 Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series

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2022-23 Learning Exchange Series

2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Dimensions of Urban and Community Forestry

Published on June 9, 2023
In this webinar, speakers Asia Dowtin from MSU Forestry Department and Beattra Wilson from the USDA Forest Service present, "Dimensions of Urban and Community Forestry".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Looking at Forest Carbon from Multiple Dimensions: Evaluating Tradeoffs and Opportunities to Forest Carbon Management

Published on May 5, 2023
In this webinar, speaker Tony D'Amato from the University of Vermont presents "Looking at Forest Carbon from Multiple Dimensions: Evaluating Tradeoffs and Opportunities to Forest Carbon Management".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Remote Sensing Technology for Improved Forest Carbon Inventorying

Published on April 10, 2023
In this webinar, speaker Monika Moskal from the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences at the University of Washington presents "Remote Sensing Technology for Improved Forest Carbon Inventorying".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Resilience, Equity, and Nature-Based Climate Solutions in New York City

Published on March 1, 2023
In this webinar, speakers Timon McPhearson from The New School and Emily Maxwell from The Nature Conservancy of New York present "Resilience, Equity, and Nature-Based Climate Solutions in New York City".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: The Economic Tradeoffs in Timber Products Under Various Carbon Management Strategies for Maryland and Pennsylvania

Published on February 3, 2023
In this webinar, speakers Raju Pokharel and Shivan GC from the Michigan State University Department of Forestry present "The Economic Tradeoffs in Timber Products Under Various Carbon Management Strategies for Maryland and Pennsylvania".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Tax Dimensions of Forest Carbon Projects

Published on January 6, 2023
In this webinar, speaker Tamara Cushing presents "Tax Dimensions of Forest Carbon Projects".
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: The Carbon Footprint of a Large Global Forest Owner: A Case Study for Rayonier, Inc.

Published on December 8, 2022
In this webinar, speaker Tom Fox from Rayonier, Inc. presents, "The Carbon Footprint of a Large Global Forest Owner: A Case Study for Rayonier, Inc."
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Assessing Landscape-Scale, Climate-Smart Forest Management Strategies: Is it Possible?

Published on November 7, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Aaron R. Weiskittel and Erin Simons-Legaard from the University of Maine present "Assessing Landscape-Scale, Climate-Smart Forest Management Strategies: Is it Possible?"
2022-23 Forests and Climate Learning Exchange Series: Innovative Approaches to Forest Carbon Monitoring and Measurement

Published on October 14, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Colin Beier from SUNY ESF and Mark Bradford from Yale presents "Innovative Approaches to Forest Carbon Monitoring and Measurement."