BNZ Green

Nature-Based Solutions

Nature programmes built to survive scrutiny

Nature-based carbon has a credibility problem, and it is deserved in places. We design and monitor programmes where additionality, permanence and community benefit are evidenced rather than asserted.

  • Verified standards
  • Remote sensing MRV
  • Community benefit-share

Principles

What separates a credible programme

The failures in this market are predictable: inflated baselines, weak permanence, and communities excluded from value. We design against each of those directly.

  • Conservative baselines built on measured, not modelled, reference conditions
  • Additionality evidenced against a documented business-as-usual case
  • Permanence secured through long-term agreements and buffer pools
  • Leakage assessed and deducted, not assumed away
  • Satellite and field-based MRV with published methodology
  • Contracted community benefit-sharing with transparent payment records

Programme types

Where we work

  • Afforestation & reforestation

    Native-species planting on degraded land, with species selection driven by ecology rather than growth rate alone.

  • Mangrove restoration

    High-density coastal carbon with substantial storm protection and fisheries co-benefits.

  • Soil carbon & agroforestry

    Regenerative practice change with farmer transition support and measured soil organic carbon.

  • Forest conservation

    Avoided deforestation with rigorous, conservatively set reference levels.

  • Biodiversity outcomes

    Species and habitat monitoring alongside carbon, for programmes with nature targets attached.

  • MRV & verification

    Remote sensing combined with field plots, prepared for third-party validation and periodic verification.

Lifecycle

From feasibility to issuance

  1. 01

    Feasibility

    Land tenure, ecology, community consent and carbon potential assessed before any commitment.

  2. 02

    Design

    Methodology selection, baseline setting and benefit-sharing agreements executed.

  3. 03

    Implement

    Planting or practice change delivered with local partners and monitored continuously.

  4. 04

    Verify

    Independent validation and verification, then issuance and retirement tracking.

Questions

Hard questions

  • How do you guarantee permanence?

    No one can guarantee it outright, and any party claiming otherwise should be treated with caution. What we can do is secure long-term land agreements, contribute to buffer pools that cover reversal risk, monitor continuously, and be transparent when a reversal occurs.

  • Are these credits suitable for our net zero claim?

    Removal credits can address residual emissions, but they are not a substitute for reduction. We will advise against a purchase if your reduction plan is not yet credible, because the reputational risk of that sequencing falls on you.

  • How is community benefit actually verified?

    Through contracted benefit-sharing agreements with documented payment records, independently audited as part of the verification cycle. Where a programme cannot evidence this, we will say so.

Design a nature programme that stands up

Whether you are developing a project or sourcing removals, we will be straight with you about quality.

  • Verified standards only
  • Published methodology
  • Independent MRV