MONTREAL, Nov. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NativState LLC, the Conway, Arkansas-based leader in U.S. nature-based forest carbon development, and the Inlandsis Fund, a Canadian decarbonization fund managed by Fondaction Asset management (FAM), have concluded a major financing agreement to expand NativState's fast growing portfolio of Improved Forest Management (IFM) and afforestation projects in the United States, enabling large-scale forest conservation and carbon removal at scale.
For Inlandsis, the deal marks a major milestone as the Fund has now contributed financing towards more than 50 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and sequestration projects since 2017. For NativState, the new financing partnership with Inlandsis builds on its strong foundation in IFM, supports its continued growth, and accelerates its expansion into additional vertical markets.
NativState pioneered a new approach to developing high quality IFM projects in partnership with small private landowners to deliver long-term financial benefits through sustainable forest management and participation in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). The Company has signed agreements with over 600 small private forest landowners, enabling the conservation of more than 600,000 acres across the United States, representing one of the largest private forest conservation initiatives in the country.
To date, NativState has completed verification of four carbon projects, with 18 additional projects in advanced stages of development and verification. All of NativState's projects will be verified under the most recent version of ACR's IFM methodology, which ...
