Question 1

What is a verified carbon credit?

Accepted Answer

A verified carbon credit represents one tonne of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) that has been reduced, removed, or avoided through an independently validated project. Karbon Assure ensures verification using automated monitoring, multi-source data cross-checks, and immutable blockchain records.

Question 2

What's the difference between a verified and voluntary carbon credit?

Accepted Answer

Verified credits are third-party validated and traceable through recognised registries; voluntary credits are purchased by organisations outside compliance schemes to meet self-imposed sustainability goals. Karbon Assure verifies credits to align with recognised standards such as Verra and Plan Vivo.

Question 3

How does Karbon Assure verify carbon credits?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure combines satellite analytics, AI anomaly detection, ground-truth plots and blockchain timestamps into a hybrid verification workflow. Automated pre-checks flag issues rapidly while accredited auditors complete registry-specific validation.

Question 4

How many tonnes of CO₂ does one hectare of mangroves store?

Accepted Answer

Mangroves typically store between 400 and 1,000 tCO₂e per hectare (total ecosystem carbon). The exact value depends on species, age, soil depth and local conditions.

Question 5

Are Karbon Assure credits tradeable?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Once validated and recorded on partner registries, credits can be retired, transferred or traded like other verified voluntary carbon credits, subject to registry rules.

Question 6

What is blue carbon?

Accepted Answer

Blue carbon refers to carbon captured and stored in coastal and marine ecosystems—such as mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes—which can sequester carbon at rates often higher than many terrestrial systems.

Question 7

Why focus on Africa and coastal restoration?

Accepted Answer

African coastlines have significant blue-carbon potential and restoration projects deliver carbon benefits plus socio-economic co-benefits for coastal communities. Projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique can create local jobs, protect biodiversity and generate verified credits.

Question 8

How are communities involved in Karbon Assure projects?

Accepted Answer

Local cooperatives lead restoration and monitoring activities; Karbon Assure supplies MRV tools, training and revenue-sharing mechanisms so communities retain ownership and benefit from carbon revenues.

Question 9

What happens if a project is damaged or lost (e.g., storm or deforestation)?

Accepted Answer

Projects contribute to an insurance pool and buffer-credit reserve that compensates for unintentional carbon loss, preserving the integrity and permanence of issued credits for buyers.

Question 10

Are blue-carbon credits more expensive than forest credits?

Accepted Answer

Blue-carbon credits frequently command higher prices—typically in the US$ 7–12/tCO₂e range—because of limited supply and strong biodiversity and community co-benefits, though price varies by certification and project quality.

Question 11

What is dMRV?

Accepted Answer

dMRV (digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification) is an automated approach that blends remote sensing, IoT and AI analytics to reduce reliance on manual field audits and provide continuous project monitoring.

Question 12

How does Karbon Assure's dMRV system work?

Accepted Answer

The platform fuses multi-source data—including Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope imagery, field sensors and soil-core reports—through an AI pipeline. Data are quality-checked, anomalies flagged for human review, and MRV snapshots hashed to a blockchain for integrity.

Question 13

Can automated MRV replace traditional audits?

Accepted Answer

Automated MRV accelerates monitoring and pre-validation but does not fully replace accredited third-party audits; instead, it reduces audit scope and focuses human reviewers on flagged exceptions for faster registry approval.

Question 14

How accurate is AI detection in carbon project analysis?

Accepted Answer

Pilot tests recorded up to 97% detection accuracy for specific anomaly classes (for example, canopy loss) against curated ground-truth datasets; production accuracy depends on data quality, sensor coverage and validation frequency.

Question 15

How long does verification take with automation?

Accepted Answer

Automated pre-check reports can be produced in under 48 hours. Full registry verification (with third-party audit) still follows standard registry timelines but is substantially expedited by the automated pre-validation process.

Question 16

What is carbon credit permanence risk?

Accepted Answer

Permanence risk is the probability that stored carbon is later released—due to events such as fires, erosion or land-use change. Insurance and buffer credits are the primary mechanisms to manage this risk.

Question 17

How does Karbon Assure provide insurance?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure allocates a portion of credits into a shared permanence pool and offers optional third-party insurance coverage. If a verified project suffers a reversal, compensation is drawn from the pool or insurance to preserve buyer guarantees.

Question 18

What are buffer credits?

Accepted Answer

Buffer credits are reserve offsets retained to insure against unforeseen carbon loss. They are not sold but serve to guarantee the portfolio-level permanence of issued credits.

Question 19

How does this benefit corporate buyers?

Accepted Answer

Buyers receive higher-confidence credits with traceable provenance, simplified audit paths for sustainability reporting and protection against reputational risk through insurance-backed mechanisms.

Question 20

Are these mechanisms aligned with Verra or Gold Standard?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure's frameworks are designed to be compatible with recognised registry methodologies and standards such as Verra and Plan Vivo, enabling straightforward registry submission and compliance.

Question 21

How can corporates purchase verified credits?

Accepted Answer

Corporates can buy credits via the Karbon Assure Marketplace or through authorised partners; each credit comes with full provenance, registry linkage and an audit-ready report for procurement teams.

Question 22

How do verified credits support ESG frameworks?

Accepted Answer

Each credit's metadata is mapped to disclosure frameworks such as GRI, TCFD, CSRD and IFRS S2, enabling direct integration of credit information into corporate sustainability reports.

Question 23

Are purchases tax-deductible or count toward compliance?

Accepted Answer

In voluntary markets, credits support corporate sustainability goals and CSR commitments but generally do not constitute regulated compliance unless a jurisdictional scheme recognises them for compliance use.

Question 24

What data formats are available for corporate reporting?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure offers exports in CSV, JSON and PDF formats, with templates pre-aligned to common disclosure frameworks to simplify integration with corporate reporting systems.

Question 25

How does Karbon Assure maintain audit readiness?

Accepted Answer

All datasets and metrics are timestamped and hashed to an immutable ledger, creating a verifiable audit trail that auditors and regulators can follow back to original MRV snapshots.

Question 26

How is project data secured?

Accepted Answer

Data pipelines follow industry-standard security controls, with encrypted storage, access auditing and alignment to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II practices to protect project and user data.

Question 27

What blockchain does Karbon Assure use?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure uses a permissioned, low-energy blockchain to store hashed MRV proofs and verification certificates, balancing immutability with energy efficiency and governance controls.

Question 28

Are client and community data shared publicly?

Accepted Answer

Only aggregated, non-personal project metrics are published on public ledgers. Sensitive geolocation and personally identifiable information remain private and are shared only under explicit consent or contractual terms.

Question 29

How does Karbon Assure ensure data integrity?

Accepted Answer

Integrity is achieved through cross-source validation, AI anomaly detection, human QA on flagged items and immutable timestamps that prevent tampering or retroactive manipulation of MRV records.

Question 30

What standards does the platform align with?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure aligns with ISO 14064 (GHG accounting), the GHG Protocol, and recognised registry standards such as Verra VCS, Plan Vivo and Gold Standard to ensure methodological compatibility.

Question 31

Where does Karbon Assure operate?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure currently supports blue-carbon and land-use projects across Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and is expanding into other regions across Africa and the Global South.

Question 32

How do project developers join the platform?

Accepted Answer

Developers submit baseline data and geospatial boundaries through the onboarding portal. Karbon Assure supports MRV setup, ongoing monitoring and registry submission throughout the verification lifecycle.

Question 33

Do you partner with local governments or NGOs?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure collaborates with regional environmental agencies, NGOs and community organisations to ensure projects meet local requirements and deliver measurable social and ecological co-benefits.

Question 34

What local benefits do projects deliver?

Accepted Answer

Projects typically deliver employment, coastal restoration, biodiversity protection and local education programmes funded through carbon revenues, improving resilience and livelihoods.

Question 35

Is Karbon Assure recognised by African carbon alliances?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure aligns its practices with emerging regional frameworks, such as recommendations from African carbon market initiatives, and engages with local policy and finance partners to support market development.

Question 36

How can I request a demo or investor pack?

Accepted Answer

For more information or to request a demo or investor pack please write to: contact@karbon-assure.tech.

Question 37

Is the platform available via API?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enterprises can integrate Karbon Assure's verification, reporting and export APIs directly into internal sustainability and procurement systems under standard API access agreements.

Question 38

How can I contact support?

Accepted Answer

For more information or support please write to: contact@karbon-assure.tech.

Question 39

When was Karbon Assure founded?

Accepted Answer

Karbon Assure Tech was founded in 2024 to accelerate trusted carbon verification through automation and insurance innovation.

Question 40

How often is project data updated?

Accepted Answer

Update frequency depends on data sources: satellite feeds provide periodic updates (days to weeks), sensors and community reports can be near real-time; Karbon Assure aggregates these sources to produce regular MRV snapshots.

Question 41

What geographic precision is used in MRV?

Accepted Answer

Spatial precision varies by sensor and context—Sentinel provides 10–20m resolution, PlanetScope offers higher resolution where available, and field plots/soil cores provide plot-level ground-truth data for accurate carbon estimation.

Question 42

How are greenhouse gas removals calculated?

Accepted Answer

Removals are estimated from ecosystem carbon pools (aboveground, belowground and soil) using established scientific protocols, plot measurements, allometric equations and spatial extrapolation while applying conservative assumptions to avoid over-crediting.

Question 43

Can Karbon Assure credits be retired on behalf of buyers?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Buyers may request retirement of credits via the registry linkage, and Karbon Assure supports retirement workflows and provides retirement certificates for reporting and disclosure.

Question 44

What quality controls are in place for MRV data?

Accepted Answer

Quality controls include cross-source validation, human QA on flagged anomalies, versioned MRV snapshots, conservative thresholding and third-party audit checks before registry submission.

Question 45

Does Karbon Assure publish whitepapers or case studies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Karbon Assure publishes whitepapers, case studies and technical annexes describing methodologies, pilot results and verification case work to support transparency and scientific credibility.

Question 46

How does Karbon Assure handle double-counting?

Accepted Answer

The platform implements registry cross-checks, unique project identifiers and on-chain hashes of MRV snapshots to detect and prevent double-counting across registries and buyers.

Question 47

What governance exists around the insurance pool?

Accepted Answer

The insurance and buffer pool operate under a transparent governance framework that defines contribution rates, eligibility for compensation, and auditing rules to maintain portfolio integrity.

Question 48

How are carbon revenues distributed to communities?

Accepted Answer

Revenue distribution follows agreed community benefit-sharing plans, typically covering wages, local development projects and reinvestment in conservation activities, with transparent reporting and community oversight.

Question 49

What is the typical timeline from project onboarding to first issuance?

Accepted Answer

Timelines vary by project complexity, baseline data availability and registry processes; automated MRV can produce prescriptive pre-checks within weeks, while first issuance may take several months depending on audit schedules and registry cycles.

Question 50

How can I stay updated on Karbon Assure developments?

Accepted Answer

Subscribe to Karbon Assure's newsletter, follow our blog for updates, or write to contact@karbon-assure.tech for press and investor enquiries.

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