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Kyle Arvisais
The Forest Beneath the Canopy: How Understory Vegetation Influences Long-term Forest Development and Durability
Understory vegetation can sometimes be overlooked relative to the canopy, but it often holds clues to what the future forest will look like and can shade forest development for decades.
September 9, 2026
Kyle Arvisais
How to Evaluate Carbon Project Quality
High quality projects are built to have meaningful impacts over generations. They support local communities, respect local ecology, use reasonable baselines, implement sound measurements, and reasonably account for leakage.
August 31, 2026
Kyle Arvisais
Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects: EldHollow's Approach and a Broader Scientific Outlook
We're building a way to measure the world's forests honestly, at the scale the climate challenge demands.
August 12, 2026
Kyle Arvisais
Socioeconomics as a Key Driver of Project Durability: Experiences from a Site Visit in Ghana
Socioeconomics and social durability are critical to forest carbon offset project design but are often overlooked compared to ecological durability concerns. Here, I share some of my experience visiting a developing project in Ghana and provide scientific resources suggesting projects that prioritize social durability generally have better long-term outcomes than projects that do not.
July 30, 2026
Kyle Arvisais
State of the Hollow - Launch
An introduction to EldHollow LLC and where we fit in the forest carbon offset review industry.
April 30, 2026