Tero Carbon announces the official approval of version 1.1 of the Land Tenure Compliance Seals, now integrated into the Tero Carbon Certification Program. Following the Public Consultation, which had six participants and nine contributions, all suggestions were reviewed and incorporated into the document, further enhancing its applicability and impact in the carbon market.
With this approval, the Land Tenure Compliance Seals take effect starting today (03/13/2025), providing a transparent and robust mechanism to assess land tenure regularity in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) projects within the AFOLU sector. This milestone reinforces Tero Carbon’s commitment to the credibility, traceability, and legal security of Brazilian environmental projects.
We extend our gratitude to everyone who participated in the public consultation and contributed to refining this framework. From now on, interested projects can apply for certification and achieve the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Seals, demonstrating their land tenure compliance and commitment to sustainability.
For more information on the Land Tenure Compliance Seals and how to obtain certification, visit the Tero Carbon link bellow.
Tero Carbon is a Brazilian environmental asset certification company that uses local methodologies and cutting-edge technology to audit and register data from climate mitigation projects. The company stands out for its use of blockchain to ensure security and traceability in carbon credit management, from minting to retirement.
Manaus, March 2025 – Tero Carbon, a Brazilian environmental asset certification company, and Forestblock, a comprehensive carbon management platform, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future integration of their services. This initiative is part of Tero Carbon’s internationalization strategy and aims to expand its presence in the Latin American market, initially focusing on Brazil and Argentina.
The partnership between the companies aims to promote investments in carbon projects and facilitate the trading of environmental assets through Forestblock’s marketplace. The platform connects carbon-emitting companies to credits eligible for retirement, enabling them to offset their emissions quickly and securely. This integration is expected to increase market liquidity and provide greater transparency and traceability in carbon credit transactions.
Benefits for the market
The future integration between Tero Carbon and Forestblock will bring significant advantages to companies, investors, and environmental project developers, such as:
Increased liquidity: The connection between certification and marketplace creates an integrated ecosystem that facilitates the trading and retirement of carbon credits.
Security and trust: The use of blockchain by both companies ensures total traceability, from issuance to asset retirement.
Access to new markets: Brazilian and Argentine companies will have a reliable platform to trade credits, expanding financing opportunities and sustainable project development.
Messages from the CEOs
The founders and CEOs of both companies comment on the new collaboration:
“The partnership with Forestblock reinforces our mission to create a more accessible, reliable, and efficient carbon market for all participants. We are excited about the opportunities this collaboration will bring to Latin America.”
–Francisco Higuchi, CEO and co-founder of Tero Carbon.
“At Forestblock, we firmly believe that technological innovation and strategic partnerships are essential to accelerating the transformation of the carbon market. Our recent alliance with Tero Carbon represents a significant step toward strengthening our position as leaders in sustainable solutions based on cutting-edge technology. By integrating our advanced artificial intelligence and blockchain systems with Tero Carbon’s expertise and network, we offer robust and effective solutions for organizations committed to sustainability.
This collaboration facilitates emissions offsetting, providing clear benefits for both businesses and the environment while ensuring total transparency in every transaction. With this integration, we increase trust among emitters, investors, and regulators.
Looking ahead, this partnership opens great opportunities for the growth of the carbon market in Latin America, promoting a more dynamic and sustainable market. We remain committed to providing advanced and robust platforms that drive a lasting positive environmental impact in the region.”
–Christian Fernandez Farjat, CEO and founder of Forestblock.
A milestone for the future of the carbon market
Combining technological innovation and environmental commitment, the partnership between Tero Carbon and Forestblock sets a new standard for carbon credit trading in Latin America. Together, we are building a more efficient, transparent, and accessible market for companies and investors committed to sustainability.
Tero Carbon is a Brazilian environmental asset certification company that uses local methodologies and cutting-edge technology to audit and register data from climate mitigation projects. The company stands out for its use of blockchain to ensure security and traceability in carbon credit management, from minting to retirement.
About Forestblock
Forestblock is a comprehensive carbon management platform that empowers governments, companies, and landowners to reduce emissions and develop sustainable projects. Through artificial intelligence, geospatial analysis, and blockchain technology, the platform facilitates the measurement, certification, and trading of carbon credits, ensuring transparency and traceability throughout the process.
With a digital ecosystem designed to optimize climate action, Forestblock connects emitters with verified offsetting opportunities, promoting investment in high-impact environmental projects. Additionally, it offers specialized consulting to help communities and organizations achieve their sustainability goals and comply with international standards.
Forestblock (ShaleSynergy S.A.) registration with CNV (Comision Nacional de Valores) – link.
Tero Carbon announces the launch of the Public Consultation for the Land Tenure Compliance Seals for NBS Projects, a new mechanism within the Tero Certification Program aimed at strengthening land security for Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) projects. The consultation is open starting today and will remain available for 30 days, until March 11, 2025.
Land tenure regularity is one of the central challenges for the integrity of environmental assets and investor confidence in the carbon market. To address this reality, Tero Carbon has developed a seal system that classifies projects based on their consistency and land tenure compliance over time.
The seals follow three progressive levels.
Bronze Seal: Awarded to projects that prove, after one year, their documentary and territorial land tenure regularity.
Silver Seal: Assigned to projects that maintain three consecutive years of compliance, with no identified irregularities.
Gold Seal: The highest level of recognition, granted to projects with five uninterrupted years of compliance, combined with excellence in territorial and environmental management.
Land Tenure Compliance Seals for NBS Projects
Tero Carbon announces the launch of the Public Consultation for the Land Tenure Compliance Seals for NBS Projects.
Bronze SealSilver SealGold Seal
With this initiative, we aim to increase project transparency and traceability, ensuring a more solid and secure market for all stakeholders. Therefore, we invite project developers, investors, specialists, and the entire civil society to contribute with their suggestions and comments during the consultation period.
Your participation is essential to enhance this mechanism and ensure that the Land Tenure Compliance Seals meet sector needs, promoting credibility, legal security, and access to differentiated markets.
Access the Public Consultation page and submit your contribution.
We thank everyone who contributed their insights and suggestions during the public consultation. Your collaboration is essential for the continuous improvement of our processes and for strengthening our commitment to sustainability.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body featured in the international mapping of Standards and included in the list of registrars in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to the certification of environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has accumulated more than 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines a deep understanding of regional logistics and the socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with the use of Blockchain technology, which ensures security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
In addition, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is ready to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
Manaus, AM – Tero Carbon Avaliações e Certificações S.A., a Brazilian environmental asset certification company, and GEAP, an electronic trading platform for carbon credits and other environmental assets, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future integration of their services. This move aims to create a system that allows Tero Carbon’s clients to integrate their assets with a global trading platform, offering liquidity and transparency in transaction records.
Tero Carbon, based in Manaus, specializes in the certification of environmental assets using locally adapted methodologies developed for small-scale projects, promoting Brazilian projects’ access to the global market. With values of honesty, transparency, respect, and commitment, Tero Carbon reinforces its mission to strengthen the environmental asset sector with quality and integrity.
GEAP, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, is an electronic platform that facilitates carbon credit transactions through the GEAP Trading Platform. The company has already established significant partnerships for both private carbon credit projects and jurisdictional credits.
The future integration between Tero Carbon and GEAP will enable the creation of a “liquidity pool” for environmental assets certified by Tero Carbon, increasing the efficiency and security of transactions. This synergy aims to strengthen the Brazilian environmental market, establishing itself as a reliable and secure alternative for companies and organizations seeking to neutralize their carbon emissions.
Key objectives of the future integration between Tero Carbon and GEAP:
Strengthen the carbon credit and environmental asset market in Brazil: The union of guidelines and resources will create a safer and more transparent environment for transactions.
Facilitate access to the global market for local projects: The collaboration will expand opportunities for small climate mitigation projects, aligning with Tero Carbon’s commitment to sustainable development.
Adapt to environmental regulations: The MoU stipulates that both companies will continuously work to improve their services, adapting to national and international regulations and best practices.
Quotes:
“The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding with GEAP represents another step in our journey to offer high-quality and trustworthy solutions in the Brazilian environmental asset certification sector.”
Francisco Higuchi, Tero Carbon CEO
“Quality in carbon markets is of utmost importance, and Tero Carbon brings this credibility to the GEAP platform, becoming an essential source of carbon projects with the best methodologies.”
Daniel Parke, GEAP representative
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is a Brazilian environmental asset certifier that uses local methodologies and an advanced digital platform to audit and record data from climate mitigation projects. The company also employs blockchain technology to register asset transactions, ensuring security and traceability from the issuance to the retirement of credits.
About GEAP – Global Environmental Asset Platform
GEAP is an electronic trading platform in Brazil for carbon credits, creating an organized marketplace for environmental assets with the goal of providing a liquidity pool for trading these assets. GEAP’s objective is to offer transparency, price formation, and greater liquidity to the currently opaque carbon credit market, while also preparing for the future regulated market and the significant market developments that will emerge alongside it. GEAP’s shareholders include CERC, which focuses on post-trade activities, and Ludovino Lopes, from Ludovino Lopes Advogados, one of the leading experts in environmental law and carbon market structuring.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Tero Carbon Certification, Methodologies, Asset Registration, and Use Programs, following the completion of the public consultation period held from August 19 to September 17, 2024.
During this period, we received significant contributions with positive feedback, reaffirming our commitment to transparency and the quality of our initiatives. The active participation of all stakeholders is essential for building a robust and reliable voluntary carbon market.
With the Programs now officially published, we are ready to receive projects for certification, methodology revisions, and to facilitate the registration of environmental assets. We reiterate our mission to promote the inclusion of small-scale projects in the global market, utilizing methodologies developed locally, and we believe that these publications are an important step in that direction.
We extend our gratitude to all who contributed their insights and suggestions during the public consultation. Your collaboration is vital for the continuous improvement of our processes and for strengthening our commitment to sustainability.
We are available to clarify any questions you may have and look forward to your partnership in implementing these Programs.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is a Brazilian certifier dedicated to the certification of environmental assets, focusing on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. With a flexible and adaptive approach, Tero Carbon aims to lead the sector with integrity, quality, and innovation. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in the development of forest carbon projects in the Amazon, with expertise in regional logistics and the social aspects of traditional communities. The certifier uses Blockchain technology for record-keeping, providing security, reliability, and traceability to the environmental asset certification process and has the support of renowned institutions in the sector, including the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), an entity linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Commercial Association of Amazonas (ACA), and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub.
