Standards/Carbon/Mangroves
    Carbon

    Mangroves

    Standards for mangrove restoration and blue carbon projects

    Apply with a projectHow it works ↓v2025-04-01 · Third-party audited
    How it works

    From application to financial outcome.

    An unbroken chain of evidence — from your field intervention to a verified digital asset that can be used in disclosures, sold in markets, or pledged in project finance structures.

    From application to financial outcome Six steps across three actors: the project developer applies and submits measurement data; the Carbontribe platform verifies it with AI and scientists, gathers independent digital-first MRV evidence, anchors it to IPFS and mints a digital token; the buyer or project developer then burns it to disclosures to unlock financial benefits. PROJECT DEVELOPER CARBONTRIBE PLATFORM BUYER / PROJECT DEVELOPER SIGN-OFF VERIFIED ASSET STEP 01 · ONBOARDING Apply with your project automated eligibility screen STEP 02 · DATA INTAKE Submit your measurement data schema-validated on ingest STEP 03 · VERIFICATION AI and scientists verify together scientists sign off flagged items STEP 04 · DIGITAL-FIRST MRV Independent evidence, whatever the source corroborated by independent signals STEP 05 · ANCHOR & ISSUANCE Anchor to IPFS, mint as a digital token pinned to IPFS, minted on-chain STEP 06 · USE Burn to disclosures, unlock financial benefits disclosures & financial pathways
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    Step 01 · OnboardingProject developer

    Apply with your project

    Register your mangrove site under the Mangroves methodology v1.1. You submit the location, intervention type, baseline canopy and biomass estimates, and ownership or management rights. An automated eligibility screen runs against the methodology's applicability criteria before your team invests further time.

    Application
    site, intervention, baseline
    Eligibility screen
    automated · criteria check
    Project record
    CT-PR-0442 created
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    Step 02 · Data intakeProject developer

    Submit your measurement data

    Connect your data sources — GPS field surveys, drone transects, acoustic sensors, or tidal gauge readings. The methodology specifies exactly which parameters are required at what resolution. Data is schema-validated on ingest, so gaps and format errors surface immediately rather than at the end of the verification cycle.

    Drone & field surveys
    Canopy cover, stem density, elevation, species IDs
    Remote sensor feeds
    Tidal gauges, soil carbon probes, salinometers
    Validation on ingest
    Units, spatial coverage, temporal gaps flagged immediately
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    Step 03 · VerificationCarbontribe platform

    AI and scientists verify together

    All submitted data runs through automated science checks against the version-locked methodology. Carbontribe AI detects anomalies, cross-references independent signals, and drafts structured findings with confidence scores. In-house scientists review every flagged item and provide the final sign-off.

    Carbontribe AI
    Anomaly detection across the full dataset. Cross-references satellite, sensor, and survey signals. Drafts findings and confidence scores at scale.
    In-house scientists
    Domain experts in coastal and mangrove ecology review every flag. They apply judgment the model cannot — and sign off the final result.
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    Step 04 · Digital-first MRVCarbontribe platform

    Independent evidence, whatever the source

    Beyond the data you submit, Carbontribe layers independent evidence from the best available sources for your context — satellite and aerial imagery, remote sensing, computer vision, physical models, acoustic sensors, or third-party databases. The MRV stack is assembled per-methodology and per-site: what matters is corroborating your ground data with independent signals, not which specific technology produces them.

    Independent sources
    satellite, sensors, databases
    Analysis & modelling
    per-methodology stack
    Cross-validation
    corroborate ground data
    Verified outcome
    142 ha · 8,420 tCO₂e
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    Step 05 · Anchor & IssuanceCarbontribe platform

    Anchor to IPFS, mint as a digital token

    Every input that isn't protected intellectual property — raw data, parameters, model code versions, satellite scene IDs, and the full verification trail — is content-addressed and pinned to IPFS. On scientist sign-off, the verified outcome is minted as an NFT on-chain whose metadata points back to that evidence bundle. The token is the canonical, transferable record of the result: one source of truth, queryable by anyone, revocable when methodology updates require it.

    Evidence bundle anchored to IPFS, outcome minted as NFT Exploded view, bottom to top: six evidence inputs (satellite and drone imagery, canopy cover model output, version-locked methodology parameters, analysis code version, verification report, satellite scene IDs) are content-addressed into an evidence bundle pinned to IPFS, with proprietary model internals excluded; scientists sign off, and the verified outcome is minted as an NFT on-chain whose metadata URI points back to the evidence bundle. Evidence inputs IMAGERY, MODEL OUTPUT, PARAMETERS, CODE VERSION, REPORT, SCENE IDS Evidence bundle CONTENT-ADDRESSED, PINNED TO IPFS, MODEL INTERNALS EXCLUDED Scientist sign-off VERIFIED OUTCOME NFT on-chain METADATA URI POINTS BACK TO THE EVIDENCE BUNDLE
    CT-AS-01284
    Carbon
    Token standardERC-721 · Base
    Verified value142 ha restored · 8,420 tCO₂e
    Metadata URIipfs://QmA9f1…c82a
    Biodiversity scoreSTAR Metric · 0.84 MSA·km²
    StateLive · transferable
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    Step 06 · UseBuyer / project developer

    Burn to disclosures, unlock financial benefits

    When a buyer retires (burns) the asset, its verified values can be mapped into structured disclosure outputs — TNFD LEAP narratives, CSRD ESRS E4, IFRS S1/S2 metrics, and GRI 304. The same asset also unlocks financial pathways: project finance against a forward credit stream, IR reporting with an on-chain audit trail, voluntary market trading, and Scope 3 supply-chain claims. One evidenced result, many downstream uses.

    One verified asset, many downstream uses Fan-out from a single verified digital asset. When it is retired (burned), its verified values map to four disclosure outputs: TNFD LEAP narrative, CSRD ESRS E4 data, IFRS S2 nature risk metrics and GRI 304 biodiversity responses. The same asset also unlocks four financial pathways: project finance, investor relations, supply-chain nature claims and blue-carbon markets. ONE RESULT Verified digital asset many downstream uses ON RETIRE (BURN) Disclosure outputs TNFD LEAP narrative biodiversity dependencies, impacts CSRD E4 ESRS E4 data impact metrics · habitat area IFRS S2 Nature risk metrics physical, transition risk exposure GRI 304 Biodiversity responses 304-1 to 304-4 · restoration area SAME ASSET Financial pathways Project finance borrow against forward credits Investor relations IR with on-chain audit trail Supply-chain nature claims Scope 3, location-specific evidence Blue-carbon markets voluntary markets · evidence trail
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    Carbontribe Labs OÜ
    Audited by
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    Tags
    #Afforestation#Mangrove#Remote sensing#Computer vision#Satellite data#IPCC compliant
    Methodology
    Read methodology · v1.1
    Status
    Initiated03/2024
    Peer reviewed10/2024
    Expert reviewed03/2025
    Third-party audited05/2025
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    Assessed With
    UN SDGsIPCCEarthood
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