The need for reliable infrastructure to build nature-based projects at scale is seen through critical gaps identified by developers, offtakers, and third parties in voluntary markets. This is particularly visible in the areas of data management, baselining, leakage, and audit readiness which have caused both reputational harm and risks to scaling the needed climate action. “The bottom-line is, communities that ultimately rely on carbon financing to fund conservation and protect at-risk ecosystems pay the price of failed projects. Gazelle Hub is a tool which streamlines cumbersome and expensive processes for all parties involved,” said Amod Daherkar, CEO at Gazelle. “Carbon projects are only as good as the data we can reliably track and verify which is why Gazelle is actively bridging this transparency gap.”

 

The full platform is being developed in tandem with rigorous in-situ field testing across Gazelle’s carbon project sites in southern Africa with input from Shell’s Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) business. The Kalahari region was chosen by Gazelle due to its vast savannahs, on-the-ground presence, and potential for high-quality grassland projects. Gazelle’s userbase, which include ranchers and landowners, on other platforms such as the Ranch Resource Sentinel will benefit by connecting land-use data from the app with a single platform bridging project developers, landowners, and stakeholders.