Leading carbon registry Isometric has announced its partnership with San Francisco-based climate tech startup Pachama on digital monitoring, reporting and verification (dMRV) for reforestation credits.
Deploying technology effectively is key to achieving higher quality and transparency of reforestation credits, Isometric said in a statement, announcing the selection of Pachama as its first partner in this field.
Nowadays, robust canopy height models can be generated using sensing technologies such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and satellite remote sensing, and dynamic baselining can be performed using advanced spatial algorithms.
It is crucial that these state-of-the-art technologies are reflected in the new MRV approaches going into 2025, Isometric stated.
As a leader in dMRV, Pachama offers innovative technologies for the assessment of carbon projects using geospatial data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), including mapping land suitability, estimating leakage risk, and calculating project baselines.
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Thanks to Isometric’s certification platform launched in August, suppliers can now provide all the required data and evidence for verification.
This new tool offers suppliers the possibility not only to submit and edit their data, but also to conduct quality control and assurance.
This is an exciting development as suppliers will be able to leverage innovative technologies used by market leaders to verify and issue credits “faster than ever before,” Isometric explained.
Earlier in December, Isometric became the first carbon registry to receive a formal endorsement from the three most prominent verification bodies in the carbon market space—the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), and the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).
