climate-finance Forest Carbon: How to Harness Nature’s Tech for Real Climate Action Climate tech is having its moment. Nature, the world’s original climate technology- with its ability to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in roots, soils, branches,
carbon Forest Carbon Economics: First Principles This article is part of a series of blog posts on forest carbon economics. These bite-sized posts are adapted from SilviaTerra's white paper "Forests and Carbon: A Guide for Buyers
carbon Additionality: Creating Real Climate Impact This article is part of a series of blog posts on forest carbon economics. These bite-sized posts are adapted from SilviaTerra's white paper "Forests and Carbon: A Guide for Buyers
all-hands Welcome Jeff (and Miles)! Jeff is SilviaTerra's Landowner Key Accounts, Manager and is here to help landowners who want to sell forest carbon.
landowner resources Structuring your NCAPX Seller Agreement bids Learn how to set your bids to sell forest carbon on the Natural Capital Exchange at prices that work for you.
all-hands Welcoming Cheryl and Alex to the team! A warm welcome to our landowner platform manager and director of marketing.
biometrics-bits Best Practices for Translating Technical Bulletins into Open-Source Software While they have considerably less romantic zest, R packages are a natural extension to the technical bulletin format that we foresters have relied upon during our careers.
carbon Big News for Us, Bigger News for the Planet We are thrilled to announce the first major carbon buyer on our newly launched NCAPX marketplace. It has been a big start to 2021 for SilviaTerra! Our Natural Capital Exchange
landowner resources NCAPX Landowner platform is now open for early access! SilviaTerra’s Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX) landowner platform is now open for early access! Forest landowners in the Southeast US can now register and enroll for our upcoming exchange.
Welcoming Julia, Maria and Nina to the team! We are excited to welcome three new team members to SilviaTerra - Julia Osterman, Maria Travaille and Nina Campbell! Julia Osterman is our Head of Business Development, focused on leading
climate-finance SilviaTerra Closes $4.4M Seed Round Led by USV and Version One Ventures SilviaTerra is thrilled to announce the close of a $4.4M seed financing round co-led by USV and Version One. We're building the future of forest carbon.
carbon SilviaTerra Sponsors SIF and VERGE Conferences We are excited to share that in the past couple months SilviaTerra sponsored two important conferences in the climate solution space, the 2020 Sustainable Innovation Forum and the VERGE GreenBiz
biometrics-bits Carbon Accounting: A Practical Overview This article was first published in the "Biometrics Bits" column of the September 2020 issue of the Forestry Source. Measurements Make MarketsMeasurements make markets, but confusion around carbon accounting is
climate-finance The "RISE" Framework for Climate Finance SilviaTerra's "RISE" framework proposes four key properties of an effective forest carbon strategy: Real, Immediate, Scalable, and Efficient.
carbon "Story Map" Visualization of NCAPX We're excited to launch an interactive "story map" that shows how SilviaTerra's Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX) efficiently increases the amount of carbon across the landscape over time. Check it out:
carbon SAF Forestry Source profiles SilviaTerra NCAPX The Society of American Foresters devoted its August issue of The Forestry Source to the topic of forest carbon. SilviaTerra's NCAPX was featured in an article that explored how our
carbon IEEE Spectrum profiles SilviaTerra Basemap The IEEE Spectrum magazine just profiled SilviaTerra's Basemap project. The article discusses how SilviaTerra's team of forest biometricians used machine learning techniques to analyze terabytes of satellite imagery on Microsoft
carbon Conservation Finance Network profiles SilviaTerra NCAPX The Conservation Finance Network just wrote an article titled "New Forest Carbon Offset Strategies Turn to Small Landowners for Big Impact" that profiled SilviaTerra's new Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX). The
Dr. Nan Pond wins SAF Young Forester Leadership Award The Society of American Foresters has announced that Dr. Nan Pond, SilviaTerra's Chief Biometrics Officer, is the recipient of the annual SAF Young Forester Leadership Award. Nan is currently serving
carbon SilviaTerra's Guide to Forest Carbon Cut through the jargon and hype - SilviaTerra lays out a simple framework for evaluating forest carbon strategies: Real, Immediate, Scalable, Efficient (RISE)
precision-forestry Precision Forestry with SilviaTerra CEO Zack Parisa explains how SilviaTerra can help you harness the power of precision forestry. Complete your forest inventory projects on time, under budget, and above expectations with SilviaTerra Precision Forestry tools.
Welcoming Gordon Vermeer to the team! We're excited to welcome Gordon Vermeer to the SilviaTerra team as Chief Financial Officer. Gordon will also be leading financial and strategic planning for our Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX), helping
biometrics-bits Making Gingrich Stocking Diagrams with a Free Open-Source Tool This article was first published in the March 2020 issue of the Forestry Source. As foresters, we rely on a variety of quantitative tools to support our work. From Excel templates for volume workups to sophisticated growth models, nearly every forestry organization uses some
remote-work SilviaTerra's Guide to Working Remotely SilviaTerra has been a fully remote company for the last 10 years. We would like to share some strategies that we use to make it work. Remember that, like any
engineering Managing Software Risk: Upgrading to Python 3 In the software industry, upgrades are inevitable. Like cars and homes and mobile phones, software ages and needs to be replaced, either in whole or in part. Old frameworks die
