Carbon projects under the Symbiosis Coalition must meet strict environmental and social benchmarks:

1. ABACUS Compliance: Peer-reviewed ARR methods, dynamic benchmarks, and transparent data reporting.
2. Ecological Suitability: Ecoregion-appropriate forests without albedo trade-offs.
3. Seedling Pipeline: Strong germplasm supply without harming ecosystems.
4. Land Tenure: Verified, dispute-free land rights.
5. Verra CCB Alignment: Community engagement and biodiversity protection.
6. Financial Transparency: Clear reporting on community benefits.
7. Native Species: Diverse ecosystems with sustainable, non-invasive plants.
8. Biodiversity Plan: Science-backed monitoring and reporting.

Model V goes beyond even these requirements.

Historical Limitation: Static ARR baselines rely on fixed historical assumptions, ignoring changes in land use, natural regrowth, or policies, leading to inaccurate carbon removal estimates and undermined carbon credit credibility.

Model V Feature: Revalue uses advanced machine learning, high-quality data, and local expertise to redefine ARR baselines. Tailored models ensure accurate control area selection, calibrated datasets like LiDAR improve biomass measurements, and robust matching algorithms provide pixel-level precision.

Historical Limitation: Many projects rely on basic criteria that miss ecological nuances, risking long-term sustainability and project success. Standards like ABACUS, Symbiosis, and VM0047 require ecological suitability, avoiding sensitive ecosystems, and securing land tenure. However, current methods often overlook complex factors like connectivity and long-term ecosystem impacts, leading to suboptimal results.

Model V Feature: Revalue goes beyond ABACUS, Symbiosis, and VM0047 by assessing sites with ecologically suitable biophysical variables, including soil, slope, and forest connectivity. Our approach optimises biodiversity, resilience, and carbon removal by ensuring restored areas integrate seamlessly into natural ecosystems.

Historical Limitation: Many reforestation projects focused on non-native monocultures, covering a third of the voluntary carbon market. These low-diversity plantations fail to support local biodiversity and are vulnerable to pests, diseases, and climate change. Even projects using native species often plant fewer than 10 types, limiting their ecological benefits.

Model V Feature: We design projects with 70–80% native species and 20–30% naturalised species for optimal biodiversity and resilience. Using local forest data and community input, we select species that thrive in their environments while supporting food security and cultural needs. By following strict biodiversity guidelines, we ensure our projects achieve long-term ecological and community benefits.

Historical Limitation: Many project developers struggle with limited access to diverse seeds and saplings, impacting project success. This often leads to monocultures that are more vulnerable to pests, diseases, and environmental changes. A lack of seed storage, poor seed viability, and insufficient species diversity are ongoing issues. These challenges can undermine restoration efforts and hinder the resilience of ecosystems.

Model V Feature: We build a robust seedling pipeline while respecting local ecosystems. Our approach includes selecting resilient mother trees, supporting community-led seed collection, and partnering with local seed banks and nurseries. We ensure seed quality with strict testing and provide optimal storage conditions to extend seed viability. Our community-focused model ensures long-term success and local ownership of restoration projects.

Historical Limitation: ARR projects face soil challenges such as erosion, compaction, nutrient imbalances, and low microbial activity, which slow plant growth and recovery. Monitoring soil health is difficult due to high costs, a lack of baseline data, and ineffective indicators, making it hard to track improvements. These issues delay tree growth, carbon sequestration, and overall project success.

Model V Feature: Revalue conducts detailed soil assessments in both project areas and reference forests to guide restoration efforts. We design targeted interventions, such as mycorrhizal fungi inoculation and leguminous cover crops, to improve soil health.

Historical Limitation: Ensuring reliable, high-quality biodiversity data from the field can be challenging, especially in remote or ecologically complex areas. Current monitoring methods are not designed for the future, where biodiversity scrutiny will increase.

Model V Feature: Revalue uses next-gen monitoring techniques like eDNA, bioacoustics, and camera traps to provide more accurate, scalable biodiversity data. We measure key metrics, including species richness, abundance, and spatial connectivity, giving a more comprehensive picture of ecosystem health. Our approach goes beyond standard methods, ensuring more reliable and forward-thinking results for biodiversity monitoring.

1. Resilience Reserves. This is a capital reserve associated with the project which can be drawn down if needed to increase resilience. E.g., If there is a delay to credit issuance.
2. Risk Insurance. Revalue has worked with multiple insurance players to make insurance available. Want to mitigate Political Risk? We can get coverage.
3. Always additional. The leading standards only check additionality at the start of a baseline. Revalue Models recheck ahead of every issuance.
4. Article 6 Authorisation. Revalue Model credits will seek approvals for Corresponding Adjustments (CAs) where jurisdictionally appropriate.
5. Day Zero FPIC Assurance. Revalue deploys the first survey after FPIC to get a second check on how effective FPIC has actually been. This allows us to work with developers to address any flags upfront.

Revalue’s Model V credit approach is a leap into the future for removal credits.

However, we will never claim to be perfect. There will always be ways to improve our credits.

Spot a limitation in our approaches? Please tell us. We welcome feedback and strive to improve our Models every year.

At Revalue, we focus on lasting impact. First, we stop deforestation. Next, we bring degraded lands back to life by regenerating nature at scale. Then, we lock in carbon for the long haul. With Model N (Natural Air Capture and Storage - NACS), we use nature-tech engineering to store CO₂ securely in the landscape.