BioMA Carbono is a community-based, socio-environmental project for forest conservation, forest restoration and biodiversity protection in the Atlantic Forest biome. It promotes the stewardship of rural producers and traditional communities through the generation of high-integrity carbon credits.
Launched in 2023, the project promotes the conservation and restoration of native forests across private properties. As of 2025, it includes 86 properties across four Brazilian states, protecting over 11,000 hectares of native forest and offering strong potential for expansion over its 10-year crediting period. Designed as an inclusive and continuously expanding model, BioMA Carbono allows new properties to join throughout its lifetime, without entry fees, enabling small and medium-sized landholders to access the carbon market while scaling climate impact over time.
In a context of intense environmental degradation of natural areas, where forests are converted into pastures and agriculture, the valorization of people who conserve areas covered by forests is essential and urgent for the maintenance and protection of biodiversity and the promotion of various associated ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration. BioMA Carbon project recognizes and values the role of each rural producer who protects their forest and provides environmental services for the entire planet!
Why the Atlantic Forest?
The Atlantic Forest is one of the world's most crucial biomes, recognized as a biodiversity hotspot. This means it harbors an exceptional concentration of endemic species—plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth—yet has suffered extensive deforestation. Today, only 12.4% of its original native vegetation remains, making its conservation an urgent global priority. Current illegal deforestation trends shows that the Atlantic Forest is undergoing a constant erosion, with a loss of 20 000 ha between 2021 and 2022, with 73% of that occuring in private land. The aim of the project is to reduce pressure for land conversion by creating a sustainable income stream rewarding the conservation and restoration of native forest.
The project:
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preserves fragments of native forests
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protects the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest
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stimulates the regeneration of native forests
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encourages the environmental compliance with Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserves
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empowers landowners towards sustainable land use
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inserts environmental service providers into the carbon market
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provides alternative income for those who protect nature
To ensure scalability and precision, BioMA Carbono adopts a digital MRV (d-MRV) approach, integrating remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and field data. A purpose-built algorithm and custom spatial model enable detailed characterisation of small forest fragments, strengthening both accuracy and inclusion. This technical framework ensures transparency, consistency, and robustness, fostering confidence in the environmental integrity of the credits generated.
Beyond carbon, the project protects biodiversity, enhances ecosystem services, and supports sustainable land use. It also conducts capacity-building workshops focused on sustainable forest management, low-impact agricultural practices, biodiversity conservation, and forest ecosystem services. These initiatives promote the recognition of native forests as valuable productive assets, supporting the long-term adoption of sustainable land-use practices by rural communities.
Be part of a growing network committed to preserving forests and combating climate change. Contact us to request a free preliminary environmental assessment of your property and discover the carbon credit potential of your preserved native forest.