Pachama is dedicated to combating climate change through advanced technology and forest conservation. Utilizing satellite imaging and machine learning, they provide detailed monitoring of global forests, assessing their health and tracking deforestation or degradation. This technological approach ensures more accurate and efficient forest management. Pachama collaborates with local communities, businesses, and conservation organizations to implement reforestation projects and protect existing forests. By integrating data-driven insights with on-the-ground efforts, Pachama aims to enhance forest conservation strategies and promote sustainable land use.
Their work not only helps sequester carbon and mitigate climate impacts but also supports biodiversity and local livelihoods. The company's innovative model represents a significant advancement in environmental technology, combining cutting-edge science with practical solutions to address one of the planet's most pressing challenges.
Pachama connects businesses and individuals with verified forest carbon projects that sequester carbon dioxide. These projects are carefully selected and monitored to ensure they meet rigorous standards for carbon sequestration. Pachama helps develop new carbon offset projects, particularly in reforestation and forest conservation, ensuring they meet the criteria for generating carbon credits. They are building machine-learning models that integrate satellite data, field plots, and 3D airborne lidar imaging to map forest carbon over entire regions, and eventually, anywhere in the world. This satellite-based carbon mapping unlocks a more scalable, cost-efficient future for crediting. This use high-resolution satellite imagery and cloud-penetrating radar to track losses and gains in forest areas over time, unlocking continuous visibility across an entire forest. They match each satellite pixel in a project to a ‘control’ pixel outside the project with similar attributes and then use satellite data to observe forest loss in the control pixels compared to the pixels in the project area. They have sought to lead the way in Digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (DMRV) and the goal is to create a registry-integrated system that provides a modern, intuitive experience for both project developers and buyers through a transparent, simplified crediting process. Pachama rigorously evaluates every project listed on the marketplace to ensure there is only the highest quality projects. The evaluation criteria includes a series of checks that every project must pass, as well as a number of informative insights on project quality. The company engages local communities in reforestation efforts, ensuring that projects provide social and economic benefits in addition to environmental gains.
