A presentation from The Earth Partners on Conservation Biomass

1. Introduction to Conservation Biomass CONFIDENTIAL

3. Soil scientists, engineers, finance professionals, and biomass and carbon market developers

4. Focused on restoration to create bio-energy value chains

5. We are sourcing, processing, conducting technical analysis, financing, and delivering bioenergy purchase agreementsCONFIDENTIAL

7. Over 200 technical and restoration and research staff in 9 offices, working on >700 projects annually in grasslands, savannas, and many other ecosystems

9. Reforested over a million hectares of forest

10. Manages over a million hectares of forest in Canada and the tropics

11. Developed the 2 million acre Lax Kw’alaams First Nation-(BC) biomass projectCONFIDENTIAL

13. This biomass is sustainably harvested and processed as a bioenergy feedstock

14. Co-benefits include improved water quality, flood-damage benefits, improved wildlife habitat, and reduced land management/operational costs

15. Land with environmental/crop production risk such as flood-prone areas

16. Poor erodible soils, deteriorating hydric soils, and saline/sodic soilsCONFIDENTIAL

17. Conservation Biomass in the Midwest Multiple revenue sources from conservation biomass projects Bioenergy for heat and power, or a future liquid fuel market Carbon credits from soil carbon (as markets develop) Payments for improved water quality and flood risk mitigation, hunting leases, wetland banking, etc. Marginal agricultural lands grow diverse, flood-tolerant ecosystems Willow Cattails Native Plants CONFIDENTIAL

19. Dewatered hydrology

20. Weedy species/sparse annual crops

21. Healthy, stable soils

22. Restored hydrology

23. Locally suited productive plant speciesCONFIDENTIAL

26. Conservation biomass is produced on sub-optimal food production lands

28. Conservation biomass can create a large carbon asset because of net increases in soil carbon from restorationCarbon neutrality CONFIDENTIAL

30. The method is measurement/performance based, not based on models and hypothetical literature numbers

31. Tested on over 60 restoration, conservation, and agricultural projects in North, Central, South American; New Zealand, Europe, etc.

32. Tracks all carbon stocks, including above-ground, below-ground, soil, litter, deadwood, end-product (livestock, energy, etc)

33. Simple and efficient modular form

34. Allows for complex baselines

35. Cost effective implementation through stratification

36. The method will serve as the basis for several of the recent Conservation Innovation Grants by USDAWhy this is important Type of projects Advantages Work-to-date CONFIDENTIAL

38. TEP will supply conservation biomass to POET’s solid fuel boiler

39. TEP’s pilots are focused on creating environmentally sensitive, cost-effective, and high quality bioenergy products

40. This opportunity can transform marginal agricultural lands to create significant environmental benefitsWe’ve explored with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) the potential for generating conservation biomass at Broken Kettle Grasslands from restoration practices such as clearing of woody encroachment from grasslands and planting native vegetation on floodplain lands CONFIDENTIAL

41. Thank you. For more information, contact Chas Taylor at chas@theearthpartners.com