What is Forest Carbon Monitoring used for?

EUDR deforestation due diligence on commodity sourcing parcels. Carbon stock baselining for voluntary carbon project registration. Annual biomass monitoring for science-based forest commitments. GHG inventory reporting with pixel-level uncertainty quantification.

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Forest Carbon Monitoring

Q: Which ESG reporting frameworks use Forest Carbon Monitoring?

Forest Carbon Monitoring supports EUDR, CSRD ESRS E1, Voluntary carbon (VCS, Gold Standard), SBTN compliance and reporting workflows.

This dataset quantifies aboveground live carbon density (Mg C/ha), canopy cover (%), and canopy height (m) of vegetation at 3.5 m spatial resolution. Data has global coverage and quarterly temporal resolution, available from 2021 onwards. Data includes pixel-level variable uncertainties (90% prediction intervals).

Frameworks

EUDR CSRD ESRS E1 Voluntary carbon (VCS, Gold Standard) SBTN

Use cases

EUDR deforestation due diligence on commodity sourcing parcels
Carbon stock baselining for voluntary carbon project registration
Annual biomass monitoring for science-based forest commitments
GHG inventory reporting with pixel-level uncertainty quantification

Who uses this

Carbon project MRV teams use the 3.5 m quarterly data to detect sub-field-scale canopy changes between annual verification cycles. Conservation finance teams at investment firms monitor the ongoing performance of forest protection projects against contracted carbon commitments. It is particularly valued where field verification visits are logistically or cost-prohibitive.

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