Path to Issuance

Innovation and Leadership

• Authored Standards: VCS VM0006 (AUDD REDD+ Carbon Accounting), VCS VT0005 (Remote Sensing Biomass Estimation), VCS VT0006 (Calculating LULC Transitions Using Incomplete Remote Sensing Images), ACR (Rice Management), and ACR (Compost Additions to Grasslands)
• Jurisdictional REDD+ Leadership: ERPD Republic of Congo for Carbon Fund, Korea–Myanmar Joint REDD+ Program with JNR Baseline, Colombia’s COCOMACIA Community REDD+ for JNR Baseline, first comprehensive paper (2010) on operationalize spatially explicated nested account and partner with CTREEs for Verra VM0055 REDD+ Activity Data
• Market Framework Influencer: Contributor to the Carbon Fund Methodological Framework; member of Verra’s Program Advisory Group and JNR Stakeholder Group; private sector observer (for IETA) to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

Participatory Field Data Collection

A core component of Terra Global’s quantification process is participatory monitoring to strengthen data accuracy and promote shared ownership.

• Integrating local knowledge into biomass surveys, tree species identification, and field logistics
• Local image interpreters provide training data for land-use change assessments and uncertainty quantification
• Social surveys collected at household and community level measure baseline and community outcomes
• Biodiversity surveys enhanced with local patroller’s data on wildlife and poaching
• Mobile device data collection by trained local community enabling communities to participate in ongoing monitoring and verification

Impact Monitoring

Terra Global’s impact monitoring approach combines science, technology, and stakeholder engagement to produce transparent, verifiable results.

• Participatory monitoring: Merges local knowledge with advanced geospatial tools for accurate carbon stock measurement
• Community-led surveillance: Trains and equips environmental monitors to report and support conservation efforts
• Transparent reporting: Communicates monitoring outcomes to stakeholders to foster informed, trusted decision-making
• GHG Quantification: supported by Terralytics, a proven suite of software and models