Terra Global Capital, LLC was formed in June 2006 to provide organizations with strategic advice in environmental markets. Our goal is to facilitate the market for land use carbon and other environmental credits. We do this by providing technical expertise for the measurement and monetization of land use carbon credits and carbon finance through a dedicated investment fund. By combining remote sensing based measurement methodologies with carbon finance we aim to lower costs and increase accuracy for carbon from afforestation, reforestation agro-forestry, changes in agricultural practices, and avoided deforestation projects globally. By providing this expertise we can bring feasibility to many valuable projects, particularly those in areas of rural poverty.
Through our work, we support both for-profit and non-profit organizations who seek our expertise in accessing the carbon markets. Past assignments have involved areas ranging from the analysis of how the environmental markets can be incorporated into an organization’s strategic plan, to the structuring and execution of carbon transactions for specific projects.
Combining our experience in the carbon markets with financial services expertise puts Terra Global Capital in a unique position to manage private environmental funds. The initial fund is being structured as an absolute return fund on environmental assets, primarily carbon, from the land use sector. Our project work enables us to identify projects and acquire high quality credits through the use of innovative financing structures. A quantitative approach to risk and return is used to drive carbon credit valuation and the on-going monitoring of carbon assets.
Our expertise in carbon modeling with remote sensing systems for land-based carbon credits enables us to provide initial feasibility estimates for carbon revenue to project developers and efficiently create and monitor land-based carbon credits. The carbon forecasting and measurement techniques combined with field support allow us to provide project developers with cost effective access the market for carbon credits.
