Biodiversity credits
Buy biodiversity credits direct from locals in the Colombian Amazon and launch a frontier climate market.
What we have to sell
Our current stock of 50k credits is from a 18,500 ha collective of >300 indigenous smallfarmers and 2 indigenous groups in the Tropical Andean biodiversity hotspot. Observations of indicators species are tracked in iNaturalist for >1 year and all farmers have a 30-year conservation contract for shared revenue from sales.
We have >10 indigenous groups in 9 countries in our pipeline in either biodiversity hotspots or IUCN-threatened ecosystems and anticipate providing 178M credits to the global conservation market in the next 5 years.
We anticipate certification of our biodiversity credits in December 2023 and are currently accepting letters of intent or presales.
Frequently asked questions
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We follow the biodiversity unit of Area (ha) + Value (biozone global value) + Integrity (evidence of intactness).
In our case, this is one hectare of biodiversity hotspot protected for two months by a local smallfarmer or indigenous group with MRV evidence of rare, threatened, or umbrella species (like an apex predator). This is additional because hotspots are threatened planetarily high-value areas with >30% habitat loss.
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Using an indicator species biodiversity methodology written by, and for, indigenous groups and translated to markets by scientists who specialize in grassroots conservation of high-value ecosystems.
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We’re glad you asked because this is important to us too. The answer is 50% of biodiversity revenue goes to originating landowner. For Savimbo’s portion, ⅔ of the Savimbo’s founders are local indigenous leaders, 7% of the company is owned by successful growers, and 7% is owned by staff of which >50% is local experts.
