Carbon Project GIS: REDD+, ARR and MRV

Carbon projects are judged on maps: which land is eligible, what happened to the forest before the project, and what the project keeps afterwards. We build those maps from satellite time series for REDD+ and ARR projects, and cover IFM, ALM, wetland and soil-carbon projects on the mapping side.

The same tools map habitat for conservation and sites for waste and recycling: Sentinel-2 and other imagery, Google Earth Engine and GIS analysis, delivered as maps, web maps and data.

Our work spans REDD+ and ARR (afforestation, reforestation and revegetation): baseline development, leakage analysis, additionality support, suitability screening for new carbon projects, and ongoing MRV monitoring. We draw on Hansen Global Forest Change and satellite archives (Sentinel, Landsat) to keep baselines and monitoring defensible and repeatable.

Who it is for

Carbon project developers (Verra VCS)
Conservation NGOs
Environmental consultancies
Carbon buyers doing due diligence
Waste and circular-economy programmes

What you receive

Forest / Deforestation BaselinesBiomass & Carbon-Stock LayersDeforestation-Risk MapsMRV Monitoring ToolsSuitability Screening

What we analyse.

The types of analysis we run in this industry, each with its examples here.

All eleven types

03Proximity, access and catchment Who and what is within reach? Environmental and social screening within 10, 25 and 50 km See how it is built 05Forest, carbon and land-⁠cover change What changed, where and when? Forest lossDeforestation baseline and leakage beltsReforestation eligibilityLand-⁠cover change of a site See how it is built 06Wetlands, water and drought Where is it wet, drying out or changing? Wetlands and blue carbonDrought refugia See how it is built 09Terrain, LiDAR and 3D What does the surface tell us? Canopy height and biomass for carbon See how it is built

From feasibility to monitoring.

The same three stages for every carbon project, ARR, REDD+ or any other type.

Before you commit

Is it a viable project?

Eligible land, forest history and the pressure on it, before you commit to a project area.

Land eligibility REDD+ feasibility

The reference period

What happened before the project?

Land-cover and deforestation history from satellite time series, for the project area and the leakage belt.

Deforestation history Leakage belt

Land-cover map of the Chaco Vivo property in Paraguay

For every verification

What is the project keeping?

Land-cover change, canopy and MRV maps, rebuilt the same way for each monitoring period.

MRV maps Yearly pipelines

How you receive it.

The same work, in the form each person on your team needs.

Chaco Vivo REDD+
Project-area, baseline and monitoring maps, laid out for your project documents.
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Chaco Vivo REDD+

Project-area, baseline and monitoring maps, laid out for your project documents.

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Maps from our projects.

Every map here is our own work; the caption under it says what it shows.

Satellite view of Sud-Ubangi with tree cover loss by year around the four project sites — Tree cover loss 2001–2024 around four REDD+ project sites, Sud-Ubangi, DR Congo
Year of tree cover loss
20012024
Project sites (4)

Projects in this industry.

The projects we delivered in this industry: open one to see its page or its whole map.

All projects

Questions about carbon projects.

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01Do you do ARR and REDD+ feasibility studies?

Yes. We map eligible land, the forest's history and the pressure on it, so you know what the project area can carry before you commit.

02Can you build the baseline for the reference period?

Yes. Land-cover and deforestation history from satellite time series such as Dynamic World and Sentinel-2, for the project area and the leakage belt.

03Do you cover IFM, ALM, wetland and soil-carbon projects?

Yes, for the mapping side: forest, field and wetland extent, their history and their change. Our delivered carbon work so far is REDD+ and ARR.

04Do you issue or verify carbon credits?

No. We are not a registry, a verifier or a credit issuer. We make the maps and data that go into your project documents, under standards such as Verra VCS.

05Can the monitoring maps update every year?

Yes. Earth Engine pipelines rebuild the land-cover maps for each new year, so every monitoring period uses the same method.

06Can you estimate carbon stock?

Yes — above-ground biomass and carbon-stock estimation from Earth-observation data.

07What does your MRV support include?

Monitoring tools and recurring, reporting-ready outputs for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification.

08Do you help screen new project areas?

Yes — suitability screening and deforestation-risk modelling for candidate areas.