Tero Carbon is pleased to announce the start of the public consultation process for the new TERO.007 – Agricultural Land Management (ALM) methodology, version 1.0. The consultation opens on November 6, 2025 and will remain open for 30 days. We invite all AFOLU project developers, consultants, auditors, stakeholders, and other participants in the carbon market to take part in this important discussion and share their feedback and suggestions.
Now, through this collaboration with CENA/USP, the methodology gains additional scientific strength. CENA is a specialized institute within the University of São Paulo, with a long-standing record of excellence in research and development in agriculture, environmental sciences, and nuclear techniques applied to agri-environmental systems.
This partnership enhances Tero Carbon’s credibility and contributes to strengthening Brazil’s carbon market by providing a scientifically robust methodology tailored to local conditions.
Read the CENA/USP statement on the new methodology.
What’s New
In addition to the release of TERO.007, we also announce that the Tero Carbon Program document “TC-DC.CER.003 – Technical Guidelines for Carbon Quantification in AFOLU Projects” has been updated to version 1.2. Among the main innovations is the introduction of the “Bayesian Methodology for Carbon Stock Quantification and Certification,” authored by Maria Gabriela da Silva Araújo and Luiz Antonio Martinelli (CENA/USP). This new approach enhances the robustness of carbon quantification in agricultural systems, ensuring better adaptation to local conditions.
Why Participate in the Public Consultation?
Public consultations are a key component of Tero Carbon’s commitment to transparency, credibility, and collaborative participation. Your contributions help refine the methodology, ensuring it remains aligned with project developers’ needs, Brazilian regulatory frameworks (such as Law No. 15,042/2024 and Law No. 14,119/2021, which establish the SBCE), and international integrity standards (ICROA, ICAO/CORSIA).
How to Participate
Consultation period: November 6 – December 5, 2025
How to submit: Send comments, questions, or suggestions via the form available through this link
We count on your collaboration to help TERO.007 become a benchmark for credibility, technical rigor, and applicability in Brazil’s agricultural carbon sector.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of carbon standards and integrated into the CAD Trust registry network. The company stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to environmental asset certification, promoting sustainability and enabling projects of various scales to access the global carbon market. Its technical team brings over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon, combining deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental dynamics of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, transparency, and traceability of registered assets.
Tero Carbon also receives support from renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, as well as from the Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (FIEAM), the Amazonas Commercial Association (ACA), and the VB92 Launch Hub venture builder. With this foundation, Tero Carbon is prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
Tero Carbon is proud to announce the publication of version 2.1 of its Certification, Methodologies, and Assets Programs, along with an updated and robust set of methodologies for the AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use) sector. This is not just an update but a strategic milestone that raises the bar for carbon market integrity and places our partners at the forefront of the sector’s transformations.
This advancement is the direct result of a collaborative public consultation process, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and building an ecosystem of trust. The new versions are now publicly available on our website.
A Milestone for the Carbon Market: Ready for the SBCE
The main highlight of version 2.1 is its strategic alignment with Law nº 15.042/2024, which establishes the Brazilian Emissions Trading System (SBCE). Tero Carbon thus becomes the only Brazilian certifier with a framework already prepared for the requirements of the regulated market.
Isso significa que os projetos certificados sob nossas novas metodologias e programas estarão um passo à frente, com maior segurança e potencial para integrar o futuro mercado regulado de carbono no Brasil, garantindo um diferencial competitivo decisivo.
Alignment with Global Integrity Standards
In addition to our national pioneering, version 2.1 consolidates our alignment with the most demanding international benchmarks for quality and integrity, including:
ICROA (International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance): Our principles comply with the Code of Best Practice, assuring buyers that Tero Carbon credits represent real and verified climate mitigations.
CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation): The framework was developed with an eye toward future eligibility for the global aviation market, one of the most stringent in the world.
Key Enhancements in Version 2.1
The new versions bring greater clarity, robustness, and legal and technical security to the entire carbon project lifecycle:
Structured Governance: Dedicated documents for the Certification Program, Methodologies Program, and Assets Program, which organize the rules in a clear and auditable manner.
High-Integrity AFOLU Methodologies: Updates to the REDD+, APD (Avoided Planned Deforestation), ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation), and Carbon Stock methodologies, with enhanced mechanisms for additionality, permanence, and leakage.
Clear Distinction of Assets: We reinforce the fundamental difference between VCUs (Verified Carbon Units), intended for offsetting, and VCSUs (Verified Carbon Stock Units), focused on recognizing environmental assets, thereby promoting transparency and preventing greenwashing.
Built on Feedback: All improvements were built upon the valuable contributions received during the public consultation period for version 2.0.
Access the New Documents
We invite the entire carbon market community—developers, consultants, investors, companies, and academia—to explore the new era of Tero Carbon certification in detail.
The complete documents are available for viewing and download:
Tero Carbon reaffirms its commitment to fostering a carbon market that is integral, efficient, and generates real value for the climate, biodiversity, and society.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to 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 prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
At Tero Carbon, we believe that collaboration and transparency are fundamental to advancing the voluntary carbon market. As a Brazilian certification body and registry for environmental assets, our mission is to facilitate access to high-integrity verified carbon units (VCUs), especially from small-scale projects, connecting them to the global market.
In this spirit, we are excited to announce the launch of the Public Consultation for our new Tero Carbon Integration API. This API has been carefully developed to enable marketplaces, tokenization platforms, and other technology partners to connect their systems directly with our registry. The goal is to simplify access to verified project and VCU data, as well as establish an efficient channel for these platforms to notify Tero Carbon about relevant operations conducted internally with the VCUs under their custody.
Why is your participation important?
The carbon market is constantly evolving, and technology plays a crucial role in this transformation. We want to ensure that our Tero Carbon Integration API not only meets current technical needs but is also robust, secure, and aligned with the expectations and operational workflows of our partners. To achieve this, your feedback is essential.
We invite developers, product managers, market analysts, marketplace operators, and everyone interested in the digital environmental asset ecosystem to review the preliminary technical documentation and share their insights, suggestions, and constructive criticism. Your vision will help us refine the API, ensuring a solution that adds real value and drives efficiency and transparency in the market.
How to Participate:
The public consultation will open on May 5, 2025, and will accept contributions for 30 days, closing on June 4, 2025.
Review the Documentation: Access the detailed technical specification and conceptual documentation for the API at: https://terocarbon.apidog.io
If you have any questions about the public consultation or the Tero Carbon Integration API, please contact us at: consultas@terocarbon.com.
We thank you in advance for your valuable contribution. Together, we can build a more connected, transparent, and impactful carbon market.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to 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 prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
Tero Carbon is pleased to announce the certification and successful first verification of the CM Serras da Mantiqueira project, located in Carmo de Minas (MG), in the heart of the Atlantic Forest. The project was developed by E2 Carbon Consultoria e Gestão Ltda, using the methodology TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System, Version 1.0.
Este é um marco importante para o mercado voluntário de carbono no Brasil, demonstrando como projetos de pequena This represents an important milestone for the voluntary carbon market in Brazil, demonstrating how small-scale projects and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can generate real and measurable impacts in mitigating climate change.
✅ Verification Highlights:
Verified Carbon Units (VCUs): 6,415 tCO₂e (Removals)
Crop Type: Coffee
Biome: Atlantic Forest
Monitoring Period: 01/01/2003 to 08/20/2024
Verification Date: 04/14/2025
Credit Vintage: 2025
Validation and Verification Body (VVB): Priscila Mendes Barbosa de Oliveira
The agroforestry and silvopastoral approach applied in the project showcases how sustainable farming practices can significantly contribute to carbon sequestration, while also enhancing soil resilience, biodiversity, and local socio-environmental benefits.
“This project reinforces our mission to drive Brazilian initiatives with high socio-environmental value and methodologies tailored to our local reality. We congratulate the E2 Carbon team for their technical rigor and commitment to sustainability,” says Francisco Gasparetto Higuchi, CEO of Tero Carbon.
Traceability with Full Transparency
In line with our commitment to transparency, traceability, and digital innovation, the credit issuance was registered through the Tero Carbon Environmental Assets Program, and published across the following platforms:
🌐 OpenSea (CertificationNFT) Digital Verification Certificate: View asset on OpenSea
🛡️ CAD Trust – Climate Action Data Trust Integrated with the global environmental credit traceability infrastructure.
CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project
Tero Carbon remains committed to the certification of environmental assets with integrity and quality, strengthening Brazil’s role in the global climate agenda. We invite project developers, buyers, and partners to learn more about the CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project.
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to 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 prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
Tero Carbon has just published the Fee Schedule – Version 2.0 (APRIL/2025), which comes into effect starting today.
This update reflects our ongoing commitment to transparency, quality, and accessibility in the certification of environmental projects in the voluntary carbon market.
Our focus remains clear: to promote the participation of small-scale projects using locally developed methodologies, always guided by integrity, respect, and commitment to the developers, experts, and buyers building this market alongside us.
We are available to answer any questions and support your journey toward certification.
About Tero Carbon
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to 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 prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
Tero Carbon, a Brazilian environmental asset certification body, invites project developers, methodologists, and participants in the voluntary carbon market to contribute to the Public Consultation for Version 2.0 of its Programs, available until April 30, 2025. This update reflects our commitment to continuous improvement, transparency, and the inclusion of small-scale projects in the global market, aligned with our mission to promote locally developed methodologies with integrity and quality.
What’s New in Version 2.0?
The evolution of the programs incorporates technical advancements and industry feedback, strengthening the robustness and applicability of Tero Carbon standards. Now, the Programs have been split into Auxiliary Documents that work synergistically across Programs. Here are the highlights
1. Certification Program (2.0)
Updated Technical Documents:
Definitions (2.0): Standardization of critical terms such as additionality, non-permanence risk, and leakage.
Criteria Analysis Tool for Project Validation (2.0) and Project Verification (2.0): Checklists to assist developers in submitting their projects and avoiding rework.
Project Additionality Demonstration Tool (2.0): Flexible methods to prove additional impacts in NBS and TBS.
Project Scale Analysis Tool (2.0): Differentiated criteria for small- and large-scale projects, ensuring fairness.
DCP Structuring Tool (2.0): Optimized model for preparing Project Design Documents.
VVB Selection Criteria (2.0): Strengthened guidelines for selecting independent audits.
Methodological Basis for Carbon Stock Estimation in AFOLU (1.0): Allows for the submission of quantification software for NBS project validation.
Various Declarations: Helps developers collect declarations from NBS and TBS project proponents.
2. Methodologies Program (2.0)
Criteria Analysis Tool for Methodology Acceptance (2.0): Rigorous validation of new methods.
Methodology Structuring Tool (2.0): Standardization for creating Tero methodologies.
Response to Public Consultation Comments (2.0): Enhances transparency in incorporating technical contributions.
3. Assets Program (2.0)
Tokenization Process (2.0): Document for auditing Tero Carbon’s Smart Contracts.
Asset Integrity Policy (1.0): Ensures traceability and prevents double counting.
Technical Enhancements in Version 2.0
Key technical improvements in Version 2.0 include:
Risk Management: Introduction of dynamic approaches for buffer reserves and tonne-per-year, adaptable to different methodologies.
Socio-environmental Safeguards: Now applied to both small- and large-scale projects.
Risk Mitigation Flexibility: Developers can propose their own models for calculating non-permanence risk, subject to Tero’s validation.
Software Approval: Structured process for approving carbon stock quantification tools in forest and agricultural areas, prioritizing accuracy and transparency.
Join the Collective Construction
Your expertise is essential in refining our processes and tools to expand the access of Brazilian small- and large-scale projects to the global market.
Click the button below to access the documents, submit suggestions, and participate in the Public Consultation.
Tero Carbon is the only Brazilian certification body included in the international mapping of Standards and listed as a registry provider in CAD Trust. It stands out for its flexible and adaptive approach to certifying environmental assets. The focus is on promoting sustainability and including projects of various scales in the global carbon market. Its technical team has over 15 years of experience in forest carbon projects in the Amazon. This expertise combines deep knowledge of regional logistics and socio-environmental aspects of traditional communities with Blockchain technology, ensuring security, reliability, and traceability in its records.
Additionally, the company is supported by renowned institutions such as the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and its business incubator (IE-INPA), linked to 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 prepared to lead the certification of Brazilian environmental assets for the global carbon market.
