Forestry removals
Biological storage. Lower cost, but exposed to fire, drought, disease, illegal logging, land-use change, and future management decisions. Reversal risk is inherent.
CDR, in practical terms
A NetZero One plant does not only produce biochar, but also a certified climate service: high-permanence carbon dioxide removal.
Removal
Carbon is taken out of the atmosphere through biomass growth, then part of it is converted into stable biochar.
Permanence
The climate value comes from keeping that carbon out of the active carbon cycle for centuries, not a few years.
Certification
Credits are issued only after carbon content, stability, project emissions, evidence, and audit requirements have been checked.
Why this is not the same as forestry
High-permanence CDR stores carbon in a form designed to last much longer and to be measured more directly than forest-based carbon removal.
Biochar CDR
Physical storage. Carbon is stabilised through pyrolysis, sampled, analysed, tracked, and applied to soil. The claim is smaller than gross production, but more durable and auditable.