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Overview 
Verra has announced that the following data service providers (DSPs) are now vetted to provide stocking index (SI) data that establish performance benchmarks for projects using Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology VM0047 Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation:
Earlier this year, Verra announced that it had vetted Sylvera, Kanop, and Chloris Geospatial to supply SI data for use under VM0047.
Treefera and Sylvera are connected to the Verra Project Hub via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), enabling a streamlined and reliable data exchange process. Verra is working with other DSPs on their integration with the Verra Project Hub through APIs.
Vetted DSPs’ approaches to providing SI data meet the performance benchmark requirements of VM0047. Verra makes the list of vetted DSPs available to allow for an efficient selection process, which in turn will streamline projects’ registration and verification processes.
Project developers can leverage vetted third-party digital measurement, reporting, and verification (DMRV) providers to efficiently generate standardized datasets using satellite imagery, AI-driven models, and field-calibrated data at scale. These datasets can be seamlessly uploaded directly to the Verra Project Hub, enhancing the speed and consistency of project data management.
Projects can also opt to use their own data for performance benchmarks from DSPs not listed.
Note: A DSP’s completion of Verra’s vetting process does not guarantee acceptance of a project or approval of the data provided by this DSP for a specific project’s stocking index. Each project and its data will still be independently reviewed by Verra and a validation/verification body (VVB).
About Verra's ARR Methodology
VM0047 quantifies carbon removals from activities that establish, increase, or restore vegetative cover in non-forest areas or enhance forest carbon stocks in areas with existing forest cover. The methodology’s area-based quantification approach uses an SI as a relative measure of vegetation change. The SI is derived from remote sensing indices and used to compare observed changes in the project area and in matched control areas that represent projects’ performance benchmarks.
Versions 1.0 and 1.1 of VM0047 have been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) as meeting the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) criteria, the industry benchmark for carbon credit integrity.