**While [COP 16](https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2024/11/biodiversity-cop-16-important-agreement-reached-towards-goal-of-making-peace-with-nature-2/), held in Colombia in 2024, reiterated the need for monitoring, capacity building and the inclusive participation of indigenous peoples, local communities and women in ecosystem restoration projects, Reforest'Action designs its projects with and for the people who will benefit in the long term, via a structured process of community inclusion and empowerment throughout the life of the projects.**

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## Analyze the socio-economic context before launching the project

### Developing a theory of change

Prior to the development of a certified project, Reforest'Action conducts an in-depth analysis of the local context in order to identify salient social and economic issues and how the project might address them over the long term. To do this, we apply the UN's Theory of Change method, which aims to explain how a project is expected to lead to a specific development change through a cause-and-effect analysis based on observed indicators. 

Based on the local issues identified, Reforest'Action then selects criteria for assessing the project's impact on biodiversity, climate, the soil-water system and local communities, in order to set priorities in project design from the outset.

### Selection and prioritization of socio-economic evaluation criteria

Among these impact assessment criteria, the socio-economic criteria, which directly concern local communities, are grouped into 8 categories and indicate the estimated impact of the project on: 
- **Agriculture** (food safety, food security, food production, support for agriculture)
- **Water conservation** (water safety, water availability)
- **Income generation** (direct and indirect income, economic sustainability)
- **Education and training** (education and awareness-raising for young people and adults, training, contribution to the development of research and innovation)
- **Improved living conditions** (involvement and empowerment of people, equitable access to social and economic benefits, ensuring decent working conditions, improving the living environment)
- **Provision of non-food products** (wood, medicinal products, other non-food products)
- **Inherent value of the forest** (cultural and/or spiritual value, recreational service and/or landscape asset)
- **Air quality** (freshness of air, reduction of air pollutants and airborne allergens).

Reforest'Action's criteria selection method is specific to each project, and is based in particular on The Road to Restoration reference framework co-published by the WRI and the FAO. Relevant criteria are selected and prioritized according to :
- **the project's objectives**, in order to steer the project's performance and the achievement of the impacts estimated at the time of its design;
- **the project's potential risks**, to anticipate and mitigate social and economic risks in particular; 
- **the needs of the company financing the project**, notably in terms of reporting and according to its targeted objectives, linked to its activities and value chains.
- **the requirements of certification frameworks**, in order to collect the data needed for reporting to international carbon standards.


### The example of the Avé Ga project in Togo

The objectives of the Avé Ga project in Togo were defined thanks to an in-depth study of the local context and preliminary consultations with communities, even before the project began. The development of a theory of change enabled Reforest'Action to identify multiple local issues that have a direct impact on local populations. 

The project area is faced with environmental problems, particularly due to the reduction in forest cover. This is due to the practice of slash-and-burn farming, as well as unregulated logging for domestic use or resale. These practices lead to soil erosion and degradation of arable land, resulting in lower agricultural productivity and increasingly difficult supplies of firewood and timber for local populations. Added to this is a context of economic and social insecurity, insofar as local sources of employment are limited to traditional agriculture. The villages affected by the project also lack infrastructure, passable roads and limited access to water - all factors that have a direct impact on local livelihoods.

In its preliminary design, the Avé Ga project involves setting up agroforestry systems based on the introduction of fertilizer and fruit trees, in order to reverse the process of soil degradation and establish sustainable, resilient farming systems. In this way, the project is boosting food security for 10,000 families in around 85 villages involved in project activities, and stimulating the local economy by diversifying agricultural production and creating local value chains, generating additional income for local people and developing agricultural cooperatives. In addition, guided by local development committees, each village will be able to select community development projects from a range of activities proposed to them (creation of cooperatives, initiatives to support livestock breeders, etc.). These local projects will contribute to improving their livelihoods.

Villages and communities are thus at the heart of the Avé Ga project. The preliminary design will be validated with local stakeholders during the project preparation phase, prior to the start of operations scheduled for 2026.

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## Establishing and nurturing a quality dialogue with local communities

### Projects designed for and by local communities

As part of the process of certifying projects to an international carbon standard, in particular the Gold Standard, consultation with local stakeholders is mandatory. It consists of identifying and including the communities concerned by the project as early as the preliminary analysis phase, as well as during the project preparation phase. 

Stakeholder mapping identifies and categorizes individuals and groups within local communities and indigenous peoples in the project area, so that they can be considered and involved fairly. The aim is to ensure that everyone has a voice and benefits from the project in a way that is adapted to their issues and needs, whether they are influential members of the community or members of vulnerable minorities, for example.

The preliminary stakeholder consultation consists of interviewing a small sample of people from local communities and indigenous peoples. Its aim is to validate and complete the socio-economic issues and needs identified earlier.

Stakeholder consultation aims to open a dialogue with local communities and indigenous peoples to clarify their needs and the issues they face. To this end, group meetings or individual interviews are organized in the field with the various local stakeholders identified (representatives of communities and local authorities, landowners within the project area, local associations and cooperatives linked to the project's objectives). These stakeholders are consulted by Reforest'Action and the Project Implementer to better understand the context, community expectations and needs, and to help improve the project design and results.

The aim of these processes is to ensure that local populations are involved in the project on an equitable basis, so that it can contribute to improving their environment and living conditions over the long term. They must therefore be able to take ownership of the project in a spirit of empowerment, to help make it sustainable and thus continue to benefit from its long-term impacts.

### Due diligence and grievance mechanism

A due diligence process is carried out systematically upstream of project development, with the aim of identifying and assessing risks, including man-made risks (such as land-use change), natural risks (such as climate hazards), external risks (such as political instability) and internal risks (such as conflicts between stakeholders involved in the project). This tool ensures stakeholder alignment with environmental and social objectives, and reinforces project sustainability.

The voice of the community is also heard throughout the life of the project. In addition to due diligence, a grievance mechanism has been set up to give communities the opportunity to submit anonymous feedback on project implementation, and to report any problems encountered (discriminatory behavior, harassment, poor working conditions, etc.).

### An equitable profit-sharing model

Throughout the life of the project, Reforest'Action's equitable value distribution model ensures that the financial, social and environmental benefits generated accrue to local communities. This approach aims to ensure equity, inclusion and alignment of project impacts with the needs of local stakeholders. The most rigorous carbon standards incorporate these principles into project design criteria.

### The example of the MuLaKiLa project in Rwanda

The MuLaKiLa project is one of the largest community restoration projects in Rwanda, supported by a panel of local and international organizations. Founded on the values of solidarity, equity and autonomy, the collective action promoted by this initiative is based on the generation of measurable socio-economic impacts, for the benefit of farming communities in the country's western province. 

The project design is based on participatory approaches. To achieve this, it is necessary to take into account the economic and social context of Rwanda and its 13 million inhabitants. The second most densely populated country in Africa, more than half of Rwandans live below the international poverty line of $2.15 a day. Given this situation, the environmental value of the sustainable agricultural practices implemented thanks to the project is not enough on its own to engage the population. This is why the MuLaKiLa project makes social issues a major pillar.

In order to co-construct the project, sharing sessions were organized in March 2023 between teams from Reforest'Action, the local Project Implementer and members of the communities associated with the project. Through focus groups, the idea was to get to know the communities, their way of life, their way of using the landscape, but also to understand the challenges they are currently facing. Transcripts of all the discussions enabled us to draw up a list of the communities' needs and expectations, which were taken into account in the project's design.

For example, the integration of agroforestry, native and fruit species into the crops grown by the region's farmers is a direct response to their need for greater food security. Indeed, restoring land degraded by erosion will restore its fertility, leading to increased productivity.

It's thanks to close work with local communities that the MuLaKiLa project is now accepted, understood and supported locally - an essential dimension to the very sustainability of the project, and to its creation of the expected benefits.

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## Monitor the project's impact on the local economy and communities

### Building a monitoring plan

The construction of a baseline scenario, which determines what would happen in the absence of the project, and the construction of a project scenario, which details the actions to be taken to meet the impact objectives, apply to all impact indicators, which will be scrupulously monitored through a monitoring plan for a minimum of 30 years. 

The monitoring plan is a fundamental document that describes data collection procedures, the main impact indicators and the steps involved in monitoring and evaluating the project's performance. It must be based on transparent, scientifically validated methods, cover key indicators of multifunctionality and be capable of adapting to changing conditions to best meet the needs of local communities.

### Remote and field impact measurement

Throughout the life of the project, the aim is to ensure that the expected impacts occur as predicted, and that the baselines guiding these estimates remain valid. A combination of field protocols, remote sensing and geomatic tools is needed to monitor the stability and health of ecosystems and the impact of the project on the environment (biodiversity, climate, soil and water), while remote data collection and on-site interviews help to assess the impact of the project on local communities.

The socio-economic data collected remotely by Reforest'Action aims to track the number of project beneficiaries, the percentage of women in this population, the number of training courses provided to communities, the number of jobs created and the level of additional income generated. These “performance” indicators are common to many projects, and meet the reporting needs of contributors wishing to highlight the project's overall socio-economic impact.

These remotely acquired data are enriched by field missions carried out by Reforest'Action, during which the populations concerned by the project are consulted via individual or group interviews (focus groups) to monitor the evolution of the project's socio-economic impacts. The information gathered during these interviews is both quantitative (income levels of the communities concerned by the project in relation to the country's median income, volume of annual harvests, etc.) and qualitative (beneficiaries' satisfaction with the project and its design, match between the project's contributions and the needs of the populations, etc.). They complement the impact assessment by providing details on the integration of the project and how it responds to the socio-economic issues identified.

Recommendations to improve the project's socio-economic benefits can be made by Reforest'Action throughout the life of the project when a gap or weakness is identified. Adaptive management measures can also be implemented to optimize socio-economic benefits.

### The example of the Kuzuko project in South Africa

The Kuzuko project, which aims to restore over 5,000 hectares of degraded former grazing land to allow the native biodiversity of these ecosystems to return, is an example of how a project certified by an international carbon standard can improve the living conditions of human communities. 

The project is located in a South African province with a poverty rate of 48% and an average unemployment rate of 45%, where the majority of the population depends on seasonal or temporary work. In some rural communities close to the project site, the unemployment rate is as high as 85%.

The deployment of the Kuzuko project employed over 300 people, dedicated to the various implementation activities. Because these workers come from isolated communities up to 70 kilometers from the project area, high-quality infrastructure has been set up near the Kuzuko reserve to provide them with free accommodation and catering, thus avoiding long journeys between their homes and the project area. These workers are paid double the South African minimum wage. They also receive training as part of the project, enabling them to be re-employed on future projects by the local partner or other players. Impact is measured in terms of the number of people benefiting from job creation and the associated wages, as well as the training provided to workers.

The social benefits of the Kuzuko project also extend to the younger generation, as the project is funding two elementary school close to the reserve, which were in danger of closing before the project was set up due to a lack of funds. Today, the funds will be used to restore the dilapidated buildings and improve infrastructure, including the construction of wells and rainwater tanks, and to provide schoolchildren with quality learning materials such as books and computers. The funds donated to these schools thanks to the project will thus help change the life trajectory of schoolchildren by helping to teach them, from an early age, the value of natural ecosystems and biodiversity.

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**Local communities and indigenous peoples are at the heart of the projects developed by Reforest'Action, which aim to improve their quality of life and the sustainability of their production and ecosystems. Their involvement, right from the project design phase, is therefore essential to ensure that the restoration activities implemented are in harmony with the local socio-economic landscape, and provide appropriate and sustainable benefits to the populations concerned, far beyond carbon sequestration alone.**

**Reforest'Action also offers a socio-economic impact monitoring approach for all types of forest and agroforestry ecosystems, and for all types of project, whether or not certified by an international carbon standard. Eventually, these results will be reported within our MRV platform dedicated to project financiers, to provide them with key performance indicators and impact data, facilitating investment monitoring and reporting required by certification frameworks such as the CSRD.**

**Are you a company looking to invest in Nature-based Solutions and benefit from a tool that enables you to demonstrate the socio-economic impacts generated by these projects? [Contact one of our experts to discuss your needs.](https://www.reforestaction.com/contact)**

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**From a mango tree planted in Senegal by Stéphane Hallaire in 2010 was born Reforest'Action, a visionary company intent on making crowdplanting a genuine lever for civic action. Fifteen years later, thanks to our ability to innovate and renew ourselves, our experience in the field and the trust of more than 3,600 companies, we are pursuing our mission to regenerate forest and agroforestry ecosystems on a large scale against a backdrop of heightened global environmental challenges. On the occasion of our anniversary, rediscover the history of this collective adventure!**

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## Reforest'Action, a pioneer in crowdplanting 

### The revelation of the Senegalese mango tree
In July 2010, Stéphane Hallaire travel to Senegal and discover a reforestation project. He plants his first tree, a mango. It is a revelation. On his return to France, he quit his job and founded Reforest'Action. Every day, at lunchtime, Stéphane takes a walk in the forest and thinks about his strategy. That's how the idea of crowdplanting was born: what if everyone could plant the tree they were financing online? In October 2010, the first Reforest'Action website is launched.

### Reforest'Action gains the trust of companies 
The first companies soon put their trust in Stéphane and Reforest'Action, and finance the planting of thousands of trees in Senegal. To develop new projects, Stéphane travels to Peru in 2011 and India in 2012. The following year, new partnerships took root in Guatemala and Haiti. From its small office in Rueil-Malmaison, Reforest'Action continues to expand the scope of its action in favor of forests.

### Reinventing ourselves to keep going
Despite these initial successes, the geographical distance between reforestation projects and French companies led to a significant drop in business. But Reforest'Action manages to reinvent itself by launching, in 2014, the development of forestry projects in France, as close as possible to companies. It's the innovation they've been waiting for to get them enthusiastically involved once again.

### Celebrating the first great successes
In 2015, Reforest'Action celebrates its 5th anniversary and becomes a winner of The French Environment and Energy Management Agency’s « Investments for the future » program. At the end of 2016, Reforest'Action passes the milestone of one million trees planted worldwide, thanks to the support of over 1,000 companies and 50,000 citizens. In 2017, new members strengthen the team. Forestry projects continue to spring up all over Europe, but also in Morocco and Indonesia. The same year, Reforest'Action launches a new website to more widely include companies and citizens in favor of forests.

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## A strong growth driven by our commitment and expertise

### Citizens join forces with Reforest'Action
2019 marks a turning point in Reforest'Action's development. New projects open up both internationally and in Europe. Reforest'Action founds the Month of the Forest, whose first edition, held in March 2019, reaches 7 million French people and contributes to a growing citizen momentum. From very small businesses to large corporations and medium-sized companies, many of them are becoming contributors to our action. At the end of 2019, Reforest'Action has 19 employees, twice as many as a year earlier.

### Pandemics and resilience
2020 marks the tenth anniversary of Reforest'Action - 10 years dedicated to the challenges and benefits of reforestation, 10 years of discovery and professionalization, and 10 million trees planted. Despite a planting season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it's been an exceptional year: strong, rapid growth, new offices, a dozen new recruits to strengthen the team with multiple, diverse talents, and the creation of a global network of Project Officers that enables us to deploy our expertise as close as possible to the areas where we operate, and as close as possible to our local project leaders.

### International recognition of our work
As co-initiator of the Global Forest Summit in 2021 and speaker at the General Assembly of the United Nations Forum on Forests, our founder Stéphane Hallaire is helping to strengthen the global multi-stakeholder dialogue for forest protection and restoration. He also plays a prominent role in the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance founded by King Charles III as part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative. 
At a time when the UN is launching the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration in 2021, and stressing the need to triple investment in Nature-based Solutions by 2030 in order to respond effectively to environmental crises, Reforest'Action has set itself the ambition of planting or preserving 1 billion trees by this deadline.

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## New strategic pillars

### Voluntary carbon market & regenerative agriculture
From 2022, Reforest'Action will be taking a new turn in its history. Considering that the voluntary carbon market is a major source of the financing needed to achieve climate objectives, we are accelerating the development of high-quality certified projects, designed to have a strong impact on the climate, biodiversity and communities, by prioritizing sequestration projects, in line with the highest international requirements. The latter, which take longer and are more complex to develop, demonstrate more concretely the benefits of sequestration. Our first certified projects are underway in Brazil, South Africa and Rwanda. 
As an expert in agroforestry, we also develop regenerative agriculture projects, which can be developed within a company's value chain or beyond, enabling them to take action to regenerate living organisms while meeting their specific or sectoral challenges.

### Impact monitoring and R&D
Thanks to the development of a hub dedicated to impact and R&D, we are building a comprehensive information and data analysis system around forest and agroforestry ecosystems and their benefits for climate, biodiversity, the soil-water system and communities. This global approach to impact management, unique on the market, is backed by 15 years' experience, scientifically validated methodologies and technological tools. It is supported by the launch of a digital MRV platform, which enables our teams to collect and analyze reliable, verifiable data on project implementation, monitoring and impact measurement, and to deliver key indicators to the companies that finance these projects.

### Large-scale investors
The company's growth continues. In 2024, we welcome investors blisce/ and Eiffel Essentiel to accelerate the development of our impact monitoring technology and the deployment of large-scale certified natural ecosystem restoration projects. In 2025, Reforest'Action have more than 90 employees, including around ten Project Officers based close to projects in the field.
In total, since 2010, more than 1,650 projects have been carried out across 45 countries, covering an area of over 35,000 hectares, thanks to funding from over 3,600 companies.

**With 15 years' experience, Reforest'Action is now a recognized and trusted player in Nature-based Solutions, thanks to its expertise in ecosystem restoration and its collaborative approach with local partners. The rest of the story is being written with you: contact us!**

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Reforest'Action: 15 years of commitment and innovation, serving the natural world

**In terms of Nature-based Solutions, high-quality forestry and agroforestry projects offer strong co-benefits for biodiversity, climate, soil health, water resources and people. The Global Biodiversity Standard is today the most robust biodiversity standard that certifies projects by assessing their specific impact on biodiversity. In addition to its role as an impact assessment expert and representative of the Europe hub, Reforest'Action now hosts its certified assessors.**

## Certifying projects based on biodiversity recovery

### The ambition of The Global Biodiversity Standard

Introduced in 2022, The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) is the only international standard to recognize and encourage the protection, enhancement and restoration of biodiversity. Against a backdrop of increasing numbers of projects to create and restore forest and agroforestry ecosystems, this standard aims to certify best practices that generate positive impacts on biodiversity, including the diversification of tree species and integrating native species into project design. 

In the long term, The Global Biodiversity Standard aims to change the benchmark so that biodiversity is placed at the heart of all initiatives that help combat climate change and develop the livelihoods of local communities.  

Founded by Botanic Garden Conservation International, The Global Biodiversity Standard is supported by an international scientific and technical network that includes IUCN, CIFOR-ICRAF, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Society for Ecological Restoration, Reforest'Action and others. The standard has tested its certification method in real-life conditions at over a hundred different sites, in collaboration with botanic gardens and other biodiversity institutions in India, Kenya, Peru, Brazil, Madagascar, Uganda, Malaysia, Jordan and Hong Kong.

### Our remote sensing tools for The Global Biodiversity Standard

As part of the Global Biodiversity Standard's technical and scientific network, Reforest'Action has been contributing its expertise in forest ecosystem restoration and impact measurement since 2022, and is developing [remote sensing monitoring tools](https://www.reforestaction.com/en/magazine/the-global-biodiversity-standard-reforestaction) in particular. Reforest'Action offers The Global Biodiversity Standard a catalog of tools dedicated to remote sensing measurements. These measurements are carried out both upstream of the implementation of projects certified by the standard, and downstream, as part of their monitoring. 

### Reforest’Action becomes official hub for TGBS

In addition to its role as an expert in impact management, Reforest'Action is now officially the European hub of The Global Biodiversity Standard, with the aim of bringing this certification to the Europe. 

At the end of January 2025, a panel of 7 internal Reforest'Action experts were trained by two Global Biodiversity Standard trainers, David Bartholomew (from the Secretariat) and Kiran Baldwin (from the India hub). External guests from our partner ecosystem - Sylva Nova, Preferred By Nature and Biotope - were also trained on this occasion.  

The aim of the training was to enable our team and our partners to carry out the audits required to award Global Biodiversity Standard certification to projects located in Europe. 

Reforest'Action thus joins the worldwide network of 200 assessors certified by The Global Biodiversity Standard, and will be able to call on its trained partners to certify its own projects, or to take part in the auditing process of third-party projects.  

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### What is the added value of TGBS-certified projects for the companies that finance them? 

“The aim of the Global Biodiversity Standard is to validate the biodiversity impact of forestry and agroforestry projects, whether certified by international carbon standards or not,” says Clara Manuel, Project Manager at Reforest'Action and internal operational referent for The Global Biodiversity Standard. “A TGBS-certified project can reinforce the credibility of companies, demonstrate their real commitment to biodiversity and offer a competitive advantage in terms of environmental responsibility. By improving the ecological state of ecosystems and their biodiversity, TGBS-certified projects are complementary to climate impact ambitions, materialized by certified carbon credits from dedicated international standards.” 

Healthy ecosystems not only help mitigate climate change, they also enable human societies to adapt to its consequences. Like carbon certification, TGBS certification is not an end in itself, but a means to the end of restoring ecosystems. In this respect, it is fully in line with Reforest'Action's mission to ensure, through its impact management process, that projects generate benefits not only for the climate, but also for biodiversity, the soil-water system and local communities.

## TGBS assessment criteria and certification process

### Evaluation criteria

Projects submitted for The Global Biodiversity Standard certification are assessed against criteria derived from the “10 golden rules for reforestation”. This scientific document, promulgated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Botanic Garden Conservation International, provides guidelines to ensure that reforestation and agroforestry projects promote biodiversity restoration, carbon sequestration and the creation of socio-economic benefits for local communities.

Projects certified by The Global Biodiversity Standard, whatever their type (reforestation, agroforestry, wetland restoration, etc.), must comply with these 8 criteria:

- Select appropriate sites to enhance native biodiversity.
- Enhance protection of existing habitats and biodiversity.
- Protect, restore and manage biodiversity in consultation and partnership with local communities and other stakeholders.
- Aim to maximize biodiversity recovery through ecosystem restoration.
- Avoid and reduce invasive or potentially invasive species.
- Prioritize the use of native, threatened and rare species.
- Promote biodiversity and adaptive capacity.
- Implement robust monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management of biodiversity.

### The certification process

The certification process begins with a remote sensing survey, followed by a field audit led by a certified assessor from hubs like Reforest'Action, accompanied by three partner or local experts (each with a specialty in fauna, flora and socio-economic impact). 

The methodology for rating projects, led by the assessor, is then based on: 

- Measurement of changes in ecosystem integrity, including biodiversity, as listed in the Ecological Recovery Wheel, a tool designed by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) to study the process that accompanies the recovery of a degraded or destroyed ecosystem. 
- Assessment of the project's adaptive management measures (based on UN Decade Standards of Practice)
- Assessment of the site’s level of protection (aligned with IUCN protection categories)
- Assessment of the project's socio-economic impacts (based on the Social Benefits Wheel designed by the Society for Ecological Restoration). Indeed, the benefits of a project for biodiversity can only be maintained over the long term if local communities are closely involved, for example through the creation of sustainable economic activities linked to the project.

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Ecological recovery wheel (source: Society for Ecological Restoration)

The project then receives an audit score on a 10-point scale, with a certification level at 5 points, Advanced certification at 7 points and a premium level at 9 points. 
The audit can take place as early as the design phase of a project, based on the evaluation of projected impact indicators (in which case it is the management plan that is certified), or after implementation. Certification, when awarded, is valid for 5 years, after which it must be reassessed.

**The voluntary carbon market is certainly a key lever for restoring ecosystems on a large scale. But the development of a dedicated biodiversity certification through The Global Biodiversity Standard, for which Reforest'Action now hosts certified assessors, also aims to direct more funds towards high-quality Nature-based Solutions, enabling companies not only to meet their climate objectives under the Paris Agreement, but also to generate positive impacts for biodiversity and local communities. Our mission is to support these companies as they move towards sustainable business models.
Are you a company looking to finance projects with a high impact on biodiversity? Reforest'Action offers you the opportunity to invest in project certification. [Contact one of our experts to discuss your needs.](https://www.reforestaction.com/en/contact)**


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How to include local communities to develop an adapted and sustainable project?

Reforest'Action: 15 years of commitment and innovation, serving the natural world

Reforest’Action becomes a hub for The Global Biodiversity Standard