Standard body Verra has launched a consultation on a draft savanna fire management method, it announced Wednesday.

A US-based non-profit and a carbon market platform on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to expand access to carbon removal (CDR), methane mitigation, and refrigerant destruction projects, while strengthening the operational foundation behind how philanthropic capital is deployed in the carbon markets.

Stewardship secured – Canadian conservation organisation The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation has acquired two clusters of private inholdings totalling more than 55 hectares, it was announced Wednesday. The clusters are located within the Kanaka Bar Band’s proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in British Columbia, securing rare old-growth forests and critical habitat for endangered species. The purchases bring the number of private properties slated for return to the Band under title-registered conservation agreements to three.

A Berlin-based carbon credit marketplace has partnered with a Munich-headquartered developer to provide buyers access to CO2 removal (CDR) credits generated via European forestry projects.

Afforestation and reforestation projects should assess whether their remote-sensing can detect fine-scale biomass changes, particularly if they plan to issue credits early, attendees of a Wednesday webinar heard.

An Australian NGO has written to the country's environment minister to reconsider the scope of an proposed gas development, referring to a peer-reviewed report showing the burning of the resultant fossil fuel would have dire consequences for the Great Barrier Reef.

Rapid growth in the number of tonnes purchased from technical carbon removal (CDR) projects has triggered increased buyer scrutiny, while also weeding out developers who raised initial capital but failed to scale, analysts from a leading data firm said on Wednesday, who noted that these were both signs of a maturing market.

Partners - The Restoration Seed Capital Facility (RSCF) has entered into a partnership with Natural Investments, an impact-focused investment platform within the Natural Capital group, to mobilise private capital into early-stage forest and landscape restoration projects in Southern Africa. Under the agreement, RSCF will provide co-financing to help Natural Investments expand its pipeline of investable, landscape-scale conservation and restoration projects. The support is intended to absorb early-stage development risk, improve project bankability, and create replicable investment structures capable of attracting private and institutional investors. The initiative aims to safeguard critical wilderness areas while demonstrating that restored landscapes can function as commercially viable natural capital assets. Natural Investments is advancing a diversified portfolio covering more than 1 mln hectares across Africa. Its projects target carbon sequestration and avoidance, biodiversity recovery, and improved local livelihoods, while seeking to generate sustainable long-term financial returns. The initial geographic focus under the partnership will be Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia, selected for their policy environments, intact ecosystems, and potential for diversified revenue streams. RSCF, supported by the governments of Germany and Luxembourg and implemented by UNEP and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, was launched in Oct. 2020 to catalyse investment in forest and landscape restoration during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030). It supports broader international objectives including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Bonn Challenge, and the Rio Conventions.

Carbon markets should evolve to finance long-term ecological stewardship, not merely insure credits, argues Charles Bedford, Founder of Carbon Growth Partners and Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.