CarbonSeed works at the intersection of land, projects, and buyers in Latin America. These short pieces share how we think about trust, water, and nature-based credits.
Why trust is broken in the carbon market
Perspective · High-level, not legal advice
Much of the distrust in carbon markets comes from a simple problem: buyers are asked to rely on complex projects they do not control, in places they do not know, using methods they do not fully understand. When things go wrong, the distance between the project and the boardroom becomes very visible.
At CarbonSeed we start from the opposite direction. We focus on real land, real communities, and clear documentation before any sales conversation. We expect scrutiny from auditors, journalists, and internal risk teams, and we design for that from day one.
Trust is not created by a label alone. It is built by traceability, conservative assumptions, aligned incentives, and the ability to show buyers exactly what they are paying for.
Páramos, frailejones & water security
Ecosystems · Latin America focus
High-mountain páramo ecosystems and their frailejones are natural water infrastructure. They capture mist and rainfall, store water in their soils and tissues, and release it slowly into rivers and reservoirs that supply cities and agriculture.
When these landscapes are degraded, the cost does not appear only as “lost carbon.” It shows up as unstable water flows, higher treatment costs, and increased risk for downstream communities. Protecting them is both a climate and a water decision.
Ecovie is our way of treating water security and carbon storage as part of the same system. The goal is to build structures where conserving these ecosystems is financially rational for the people who live with them every day.
How corporate buyers should evaluate nature-based credits
Buyers · Practical considerations
For most corporates, the challenge is not finding nature-based credits; it is knowing which ones they can stand behind over ten or twenty years. Price and volume are easy to compare. Integrity, governance, and long-term risk are harder.
We encourage buyers to look beyond top-line labels and ask concrete questions: Who controls the land? How are benefits shared locally? How conservative are the baselines? What happens if things go wrong on the ground?
CarbonSeed’s role is to bring forward projects where these questions have clear, documented answers. That is the foundation for serious, repeatable demand in nature-based credits.
