WASHINGTON – Feb. 4, 2026 | Verra has announced that it approved 3.03 million credits from the Boomitra Grassland Restoration in Northern Mexico project (Verra Project 2887). When fully issued, this will represent the largest soil carbon credit issuance to date and the first in North America to a project using VM0042 Improved Agricultural Land Management.

The project uses version 1.0 of VM0042, Verra’s innovative and robust methodology for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and carbon dioxide removals from a range of agricultural land management practices.

All credits from Boomitra’s project result from soil carbon enhancements achieved through improved grazing and land management practices. Spanning approximately 4 million acres across deserts in northern Mexico, the project involves 158 ranchers.

"Projects like this demonstrate how implementing targeted farming practices can deliver measurable climate benefits at scale. Verra’s role is to ensure these outcomes are grounded in rigorous science, conservative accounting, and independent verification, so the land, communities, and the climate all benefit."

Mandy Rambharos, CEO, Verra

Boomitra founder and CEO Aadith Moorthy said: “Soil carbon is no longer an ‘emerging’ solution. It’s here now, at scale, and meeting the highest standards of integrity while benefiting rural communities in the Global South.”

Version 2.2 of VM0042 has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) as meeting the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). Boomitra has committed to updating their project to VM0042, v2.2 and will employ Verra’s new digital soil mapping tool (VT0014) for future verifications.

Over 200 other projects using VM0042 are currently in various stages of development. To date, more than 2.6 million carbon credits have been issued under this methodology.

Contact:

Media Inquiries: Erdem Koch | media@verra.org

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