How does Sylvera help developers model carbon project outcomes?

Biomass Atlas gives you accurate, time-series carbon stock data for any project area — globally, at 30m resolution, going back to 2000. You can use this to build yield forecasts, model different design scenarios, and stress-test your assumptions before committing capital. Earth Analytics then takes that data and produces the specific methodology outputs you need — so you're not just modelling in theory, you're producing outputs you can plug directly into registration and reporting workflows.

Why is Sylvera's biomass data more accurate than alternatives?

Most biomass approaches rely on allometric plot-based methods that cover less than 15% of a project area, or on proxies like NDVI that saturate quickly and don't track real carbon change. Sylvera's Multi-Scale LiDAR approach — built on $10M+ in proprietary field campaigns across 250,000+ hectares — delivers tree-level accuracy with 3% error, validated at below 9% error at project scale.

Which methodologies does Sylvera's Earth Analytics support?

Earth Analytics covers VM0047, VM0048, CAR and ACR IFM v2.1 baseline requirements, with ongoing development across additional methodologies. Sylvera works directly with standards bodies and has been selected to provide Biomass Atlas data to multiple registries — so methodology alignment is built in.

How quickly can I get data for a project I'm involved with?

Biomass Atlas data for a given area of interest is typically returned in hours via API. More complex Earth Analytics engagements — such as full VM0047 inception packages — depend on project specifics but are substantially faster and cheaper than traditional consultant-led approaches.

How do I know the biomass data will hold up with my registry or auditor?

Sylvera's teams actively align analysis with methodology requirements and engage directly with technical teams at standards bodies. Every output includes explicit uncertainty bounds and documented methodology. For first-of-a-kind use cases, Sylvera will engage with your registry or auditor alongside you. Sylvera is also ISO 27001 compliant — the leading international standard for information security — so your project data is handled to institutional standards throughout.

Buyers are shifting from REDD+ to IFM — make the move with data

Improved forest management (IFM) is the fastest-growing nature-based category, and often the first stop for buyers leaving legacy REDD+. Sylvera Ratings help you pick the IFM projects worth the premium.

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The category buyers are moving to

IFM has grown 2.5× since 2023 and is now one of the largest sources of new supply growth in the voluntary carbon market. Much of that growth comes from buyers who moved away from REDD+ and needed a credible forestry alternative — IFM is where many of them land.

Moving categories, though, does not remove the diligence problem; it relocates it. The same questions of additionality, baseline, and permanence apply to IFM, and the answers still vary project by project.

Compliance demand is arriving

CORSIA eligibility and CCP approval for IFM (Verra VM0045) are drawing new institutional interest in 2026, particularly from airlines and energy buyers with compliance obligations. Eligibility widens the buyer pool — and raises the cost of choosing a project that later fails to hold up.

For compliance-driven procurement, an independent quality view is not a nicety; it is protection against a credit that does not do what your obligation requires.

Coverage from the earliest stage

Sylvera’s Project Catalog includes IFM Screenings at launch, giving you early-funnel coverage before a full rating is available. That means you can shortlist credible IFM projects sooner, then move to a detailed assessment as you narrow your procurement.

Questions buyers ask

What are IFM carbon credits?

IFM stands for improved forest management — projects that change how existing forests are managed (for example, extending harvest cycles) to store more carbon. It sits alongside REDD+ and ARR as a core forestry category and has become the fastest-growing of the three.

How does IFM compare with REDD+?

REDD+ avoids deforestation; IFM changes management of forest that stays standing either way. Many buyers moving away from REDD+ choose IFM as an alternative, but both require project-level scrutiny of baselines and additionality — IFM is not automatically higher quality.

What rating does Sylvera give IFM credits?

Sylvera rates individual IFM projects on the AAA to D scale, and offers IFM Screenings in the Project Catalog for earlier-stage coverage. As with any category, projects span the full range, so the rating is what separates the strong from the weak.

Are IFM credits CORSIA eligible?

Some are. CORSIA eligibility and CCP approval now apply to qualifying IFM projects (including under Verra VM0045), which is driving compliance demand. Eligibility is defined per project and methodology, so confirm status at the project level before committing.

Evaluate IFM credits with confidence

IFM is where the market is heading, but growth and eligibility do not guarantee quality. Sylvera Ratings and IFM Screenings help you move from REDD+ to IFM on evidence — shortlisting the projects that earn the premium and screening out the ones that don’t.

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