Develop a biodiversity credit project.
Partner with biodiversity.earth to transform your nature restoration programme into institutional-grade credits for the European corporate market.
What we offer project developers.
biodiversity.earth provides the full credit infrastructure stack — documentation, monitoring, verification, and buyer access — so developers can focus entirely on the land and restoration programme.
Revenue from CSRD-driven corporate demand
European corporates subject to ESRS E4 are actively seeking GPS-mapped, auditable biodiversity credits. Eligible projects access this institutional buyer pipeline directly through biodiversity.earth.
Full documentation infrastructure
We provide satellite monitoring, independent ecological baseline surveys, and verification — the complete institutional-grade documentation stack that most developers cannot build alone.
Access to the European corporate buyer market
biodiversity.earth markets exclusively to European corporate buyers with a CSRD or TNFD disclosure need. Your project reaches a pre-qualified, institutional audience without a separate sales operation.
No upfront documentation costs
For eligible projects, the ecological baseline survey, registration, and monitoring setup are funded by biodiversity.earth. You contribute the land and the restoration programme; we contribute the credit infrastructure.
Five criteria determine eligibility.
All five must be met before a preliminary assessment proceeds. Sites that partially qualify are assessed individually — contact us to discuss your specific situation.
Minimum area
100 or more contiguous hectares with meaningful restoration potential. Smaller parcels may be assessed where connectivity to adjacent restoration areas can be demonstrated.
Land tenure
Freehold ownership, long-term lease of 25 or more years, conservation easement, or government-backed rights. Tenure security must extend beyond the programme period to support multi-year credit obligations.
Additionality
The land must not already be protected under conservation schemes that are independent of credit revenue. The restoration intervention must not be financially viable without credit income — protecting only what is already protected does not qualify.
Ecosystem type
Tropical and subtropical forest, dryland afforestation (including arid and semi-arid regions), agroforestry systems, wetland restoration, savanna, or grassland recovery. Ecosystem diversity within a single project is considered favourably.
Monitoring viability
The site must be located within Sentinel-2 satellite coverage. More than 90% of Africa and Central Asia qualify without exception. Remote or heavily cloud-obscured sites require additional assessment.
Sentinel-2 coverage note: More than 90% of Africa and Central Asia fall within viable Sentinel-2 satellite coverage without exception. Projects in these regions meet the monitoring viability criterion automatically. Sites with heavy cloud cover or restricted access are assessed individually.
From initial enquiry to active programme.
The submission process is structured into five stages. The preliminary assessment and baseline survey require no upfront financial commitment from the project developer.
"The baseline survey is funded by biodiversity.earth for every site that passes the eligibility assessment."
Programme development commitment
Preliminary assessment
2 weeksA two-week desktop review of the proposed land area, geographic location, tenure documentation, and ecosystem classification. No site visit is required at this stage. We provide a written eligibility opinion.
Eligibility site visit
1–2 days on siteA field assessment by a biodiversity.earth ecologist covering ecological condition, restoration feasibility, biodiversity indicator potential, and land-cover classification in the field.
Independent ecological baseline
Funded by biodiversity.earthA full pre-intervention ecological survey funded by biodiversity.earth for sites that pass eligibility. Documents vegetation cover, bare-soil ratio, canopy structure, species indicators, habitat connectivity, and land-cover classification at parcel level. This baseline data forms the foundation of every credit record.
Registration and credit issuance
4–6 weeksLegal documentation of the programme agreement, digital registration of verified hectares with GPS coordinates and baseline data, and formal credit issuance into the registry. Credits are linked to specific, mappable parcels on earth.
Ongoing programme partnership
Multi-year partnershipContinuous satellite monitoring throughout the programme period, five-year baseline-to-outcome ecological assessment, and active sales of credits to European corporate buyers. Revenue is distributed to project developers on a defined payment schedule.
Revenue structure.
Revenue is shared between biodiversity.earth and the project developer on each credit sale. The exact revenue-share percentage is agreed within the programme agreement and is structured to reflect the scale of the project, the ecosystem type, and the level of biodiversity.earth infrastructure investment in the site.
The programme agreement specifies the term of the partnership, the monitoring obligations of each party, and the credit distribution schedule. Agreements are structured for a minimum of five years to align with the buyer-side outcome assessment cycle.
There are no upfront costs to the project developer for eligible sites. The ecological baseline, registration, and digital registry entry are funded by biodiversity.earth as part of the programme development commitment.
Ready to submit a project?
The preliminary assessment begins with a two-week desktop review — no site visit, no upfront commitment. Contact our project development team with a brief description of the land area, location, and tenure situation.
You can also reach the project development team directly at projects@biodiversity.earth. We respond within two business days.