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Carbon Credit Buffer Pool: Permanence Risk & Reversal Insurance

Interactive 3D simulation of a forest carbon-offset project: grow a stand of trees, issue credits from sequestered CO2, divert a share into a shared buffer pool, and watch random fire/drought reversal events test whether the pool can cover the loss without invalidating credits already sold.

Ecology & Conservation Biology3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Voluntary carbon markets sell a promise that sequestered CO2 stays sequestered — but forests burn, drought kills stands, and pests defoliate plots. This simulator grows a real 3D stand of instanced trees under logistic biomass growth, issues tradable credits from each year's new sequestration, and diverts a configurable share into a shared buffer pool that exists purely to absorb reversal losses. Random fire/drought/pest events strike the plot each year with an adjustable probability; if the buffer pool can cover the released carbon, already-sold credits stay valid — if it can't, the shortfall retires credits straight out of the market and the price spikes. Tune the buffer rate against the risk level to see the real trade-off registries like Verra's VCS manage every year: more insurance now versus more revenue now.

⚙ Under the hood

Grow a 3D forest carbon-offset plot, issue tradable credits from sequestered CO2, and divert a share into a shared buffer pool that must absorb random fire/drought reversal events without invalidating credits already sold.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install