Biodiversity Intelligence, EMFF, and Cercarbono Forge Alliance to Advance Global Biodiversity Markets

New York, September 23, 2025 – Biodiversity Intelligence, the Environmental Markets Fairness Foundation (EMFF), and Cercarbono have announced a strategic Alliance aimed at accelerating the development of high-integrity biodiversity markets worldwide. The collaboration will focus on the co-development of the Biodiversity Intelligence Methodology (BIM) for restoration, to be implemented under Cercarbono’s Biodiversity Certification Programme, and on supporting the advancement of biodiversity projects across global markets.

Cercarbono opens public consultation on updated REDD+ methodology, reinforcing integrity, safeguards, and international alignment

Cercarbono, a leading global environmental project certification standard, today announced the launch of a public consultation on its updated Integral M/LU-REDD+ Methodology (Version 3.0). This revision strengthens the technical and methodological foundation of REDD+ activities, ensuring consistency with international agreements under the UNFCCC while embedding safeguards to protect biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

First CBCP-certified biodiversity credits issued

• The first biodiversity credits certified under the Cercarbono Biodiversity Certification Programme (CBCP) have been issued and are now available for international trading.
  
  
• Delivered by the Savimbo Biodiversity Putumayo Project (CDB-1) in the Colombian Amazon, combining rigorous science, transparent data, and robust safeguards.
  
  
• Protecting 3,184.5 hectares of primary rainforest, safeguarding 56 indicator species, and supporting 70 smallholder families.