J-REDD consultations continue - The environmental secretariat (Semas) of the Brazilian state of Para continued its ongoing free, informed, and prior consent (FPIC) consultations for the development of its contested jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme last week in the municipality of Baiao. During the consultation, government representatives presented information to quilombola communities about REDD+, addressed concerns, and promoted spaces for dialogue, aiming to ensure that the communities' contributions are incorporated into the process. Representatives from the Coordination of Associations of Quilombo Remnant Communities of Para (Malungu), the State Secretariat for Racial Equality and Human Rights, and the Municipal Secretariat for the Environment of Baiao also participated. The consultation in Baiao is part of what Semas said is the largest listening process ever carried out by Para. To date, 17 consultations and one plenary session have already taken place, with the state planning 47 dialogues in total.

CORSIA carbon contracts continued to fall last week amid the ongoing war in Iran, sending jet fuel prices to all-time highs, and leaving the airline industry contemplating cutting flights amid supply shortages.

All together now - Removals registry Isometric is launching the Buyer Dashboard in order to give buyers a live view of the certification progress, from validation through credit issuance. The live platform will provide carbon credit buyers with key information such as when a project will complete validation, the tonnes submitted for verification, and how many credits will be issued in a quarter. It will allow buyers to forecast upcoming deliveries and report updates to internal stakeholders, so they don't have to await the next scheduled update but can see how the project is progressing in one place.

Forest management plans (FMPs) in logging concessions across the Congo Basin could halve deforestation, but their adoption remains limited, according to a new paper.

Land-based removals greenwashing? – Environmental NGO Carbon Market Watch released a report on Monday warning that the new Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) developed by Greenhouse Gas Protocol risks weakening corporate climate action, despite safeguards on land‑based emissions and removals accounting. The NGO says optional reporting of removals and an implied hierarchy that lets SBTi’s FLAG guidance override LSRS rules could allow companies to hide ongoing emissions behind “net” targets and temporary storage. It urges making removals reporting mandatory, banning enhanced oil recovery, tightening traceability and uncertainty rules, and clearly separating emissions cuts from carbon removals in all target‑setting frameworks.

Ageing carbon benefits - Sweden’s old-growth boreal forests store much more carbon than previously estimated, according to a new study by Lund University and Stanford University. Results showed that primary forests store 72% more carbon per acre than industrially managed forests, rising to 83% more when harvested wood products are excluded. Soil accounted for the largest portion, with the top metre holding 64% of total carbon in primary forests. Industrial logging has persistent effects on soil carbon, which old-growth forests recover from only slowly. Sweden’s managed forests could take centuries to regain lost carbon, the researchers warned. The study measured carbon at over 200 forest sites, comparing undisturbed primary forests to managed plantations. (ShiaWaves)

Consultation launch - Social Carbon las launched a public consultation for methodology SCM0003 v2.0 - for advancing high-integrity removals through afforestation and reforestation on Brazilian private lands. Key improvements include introducing dynamic performance benchmarking to bolster additionality, setting a project scale limit of 20,000 ha, and improved eligibility screening. The consultation is open from Monday to Apr. 23. Participate here.

Soil carbon uplift - Soil carbon developer Agreena has been verified for its Scope 3 project from SustainCERT, leading to the issuance of 10,964 verified impact units (VIUs) - including the first agricultural units issued in Hungary and Poland. The developer can now provide third-party assurance for all soil carbon outcomes across both its Verra-verified carbon credit programme (2.3 mln credits issued) and its SustainCERT-verified supply chain solution. The almost 11,000 VIUs issued cover 6,518 ha across Hungary, Poland, and the UK, delivering 3,940 tonnes of verified emission reductions and 7,024 tonnes of removals through regenerative farming. VIUs represent verified emissions reductions and removals generated in a company's own value chain.

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) will review a UK nature-focused carbon standard following its application for accreditation under the body’s credit quality stamp, it was confirmed Monday.

A London-headquartered enhanced rock weathering (ERW) company is piloting satellite data to monitor crop performance in Ontario, Canada, it announced last week.

Malawi has authorised a dairy biogas initiative under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, making it the country’s first project to generate Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) while targeting emissions reductions from agriculture and household energy use.

Bilateral Article 6 agreements signed between countries in Southeast Asia is attracting “serious capital” to the region, according to a local project developer, as the market eyes a potential recovery.

Carbon gains – Around 100 villages in the Anand district of India's Gujarat state are turning to bio-CNG projects in an effort to ease the ongoing LPG crisis, with the initiative also expected to generate carbon credits through significant emissions reductions. The cluster of 10 plants will convert cattle dung, agricultural residue, and other waste into clean fuel, producing about 10 tonnes of bio-CNG every day while cutting reliance on imported LPG. The initiative is expected to avoid over 100,000 tCO2e of emissions annually, creating potential for carbon credit generation alongside improved rural waste management and additional income streams for farmers. (Times of India)

Switzerland’s environment and agriculture authorities have advised caution over the large-scale use of biochar in farming, citing uncertain long-term impacts on soils and limited climate mitigation potential, according to an updated government factsheet.

A tree planting and peatland restoration programme in England has achieved successes, but its long-term goals won’t be met without future funding certainty, a government spending watchdog said this week.