CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project is Now Certified

CM Serras da Mantiqueira Project is Now Certified

by | Apr 14, 2025 | Announcement

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:

  • 📦 Polygon Public Blockchain
    Issuance Record:
    View transaction on Polygonscan
  • 🌐 OpenSea (Certification NFT)
    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.

Go to the Project Webpage

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.

Launched the Methodology TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System Version 1.0

Launched the Methodology TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System Version 1.0

by | Jan 30, 2024 | Announcement, Methodology

Today the Methodology TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System, Version 1.0, was launched. Now, after the public consultation period and review of the comments arising from it, it is ready to receive projects.

Each methodology we launch goes through the following steps:

  • Announcement that there will be a public consultation, so that the public is aware of the next steps;
  • Public consultation period, so that the public can contribute their criticisms and suggestions through the online form available, as this way we can build together methodologies in accordance with the Brazilian reality and also reinforce the transparency of our processes; and
  • Analysis of all contributions received. We consider these suggestions in our next methodology update.

About TERO.004 Methodology

TERO.004 – Carbon Stock in Agrosilvopastoral System is an Agriculture, Forests and Land Use (AFOLU) methodology, in this first version, aimed at the cultivation of Coffee throughout the Brazilian territory. The methodology provides for the generation of Verified Carbon Credit (by Removal), represented by one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). The project’s commitment period is unlimited, that is, its closing date can be defined later by communicating it to the certifier and the market.

The objective of this methodology is the generation of environmental assets in projects that promote the removal, conservation and preservation of carbon stocks in agroforestry farming systems throughout Brazilian territory. It is an incentive for farmers who, through their agricultural activities, contribute to the global climate balance.

The Carbon Stock of the project area can be monitored periodically through verification. Any verified increase in carbon stocks in the crop will be considered a Verified Carbon Credit in the amount exceeding the maximum stock previously measured.

The methodology, within the concept of Payment for Environmental Services (PSA), has as co-benefits the conservation and preservation of biome biodiversity and sustainable development. In addition to maintaining carbon stocks from agricultural crops, forestry is also accepted as a way of enriching biomass stocks.

Go to Methodology

About Tero Carbon

Tero Carbon is a digital certifier of carbon credits and stocks. Created in Manaus, in 2022, the company uses exclusive methodologies, focused on the Brazilian reality and which follow the technical guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in addition to being the first in the segment with genuinely Amazonian DNA. Its technical staff has more than 15 years of experience in developing forest carbon projects in the Amazon, with expertise in the region’s logistics and social aspects of traditional communities. The certifier uses blockchain technology to provide security, reliability and traceability to the environmental asset certification process and has the support of renowned institutions in the sector, including: Business Incubator of the National Institute of Amazon Research (IE-INPA) , an entity linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the National Federation of Industries of the State of the Amazon (FIEAM) and the venture builder VB92 Launch Hub.