We are excited to announce that Ben Rifkin has joined TerraCarbon as a Project Associate.  Ben will be supporting the design and monitoring of forest and wetland carbon projects for TerraCarbon's clients. Ben brings strong field and research experience in forest ecology and sustainable forest ecosystem management and in using advanced statistical methods. Ben worked most recently as a researcher at the Yale Myers Forest and Harvard Forest in New England. He has also worked as a technician for the US Forest Service in southeast Alaska and for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program in California.  Ben earned his Master's in Forest Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies where he researched the impact of protected areas on forest ecology in Madagascar. For more information on Ben's background, click here.​

TerraCarbon has been recognized again as a B Corporation “Best for the World” honoree in the “Best for the Environment” category. TerraCarbon was first accredited as a Certified B Corporation in 2012, joining a new breed of companies using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. For the second year in a row, TerraCarbon earned a score in the top 10% of more than 2,500 Certified B Corporations on its B Impact Assessment with respect to its environmental impact. Since its founding in 2006, TerraCarbon has helped its clients develop and sell carbon offsets to finance more than 30 projects that are conserving 5,000,000 acres of forests and wetlands around the world. For more information on TerraCarbon’s B Corp certification or to learn more about Certified B Corporations, please visit http://www.bcorporation.net. To view the full list of Best for the World Honorees, please visit https://bthechange.com/bestfortheworld/home.​