Credit buyer · England
Wilder Carbon (Kent Wildlife Trust)
A carbon-plus-nature standard: projects restoring habitats (woodland pasture, grassland, wetland) are verified and units sold to companies, delivered mainly through Wildlife Trusts as 'Trusted Deliverers'.
- From
- Wilder Carbon, part of the Kent Wildlife Trust Group
- Who can apply
- Landowners working with a Wildlife Trust or approved Trusted Deliverer; pilot sites in Kent and Somerset.
- Buys
- nature credits, woodland carbon
What you’ll need
- Land for long-term habitat restoration
- Partnership with a Trusted Deliverer
How to apply
- Use 'Express your interest in developing a Wilder Carbon project' on wildercarbon.com
- Work with a Trusted Deliverer to design and verify
- Units sold to buyers
Landowner payments, minimum size and term are not published; ask before committing. Wilder Carbon is its own standard, not the government-backed Woodland Carbon Code. Expect very long (often 50+ year) commitments. Take advice on land value and inheritance tax.
Similar schemes
- Forest Carbon (woodland and peatland carbon) OpenForest Carbon LtdDevelops woodland and peatland carbon projects with landowners, certifies them under the UK codes and finds buyers or sponsors to fund planting and restoration.
- Woodland Carbon (buys your woodland carbon) OpenWoodland TrustThe Woodland Trust covers planting costs and buys the carbon units from new native woodland you plant, paying in stages.
- Woodland Carbon Code (selling woodland carbon units) OpenForestry Commission (UK standard)Register new woodland so you can sell carbon units to buyers on the open market.
- Bidwells LLP (Woodland Carbon Code project developer) Open all yearBidwells LLPListed by the Woodland Carbon Code as a project developer covering England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, offering registration, validation and verification, sale of carbon units and woodland creation design.
- Brown & Co LLP (Woodland Carbon Code project developer) Open all yearBrown & Co LLPListed by the Woodland Carbon Code as a project developer covering England, offering registration, validation and verification, sale of carbon units and woodland creation design.
- CarbonStore (Tilhill) woodland and peatland carbon Open all yearCarbonStore, part of Tilhill ForestryDesigns, plants and manages new carbon woodland and peatland restoration for landowners, registers it under the codes and buys or sells the carbon units.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3. Always read the official page before you apply.