With little to no direct link to the carbon market, farmers in the Amazon are not aware of how they could be profiting from preserving forests on their lands. Farmers can get a higher return by maintaining the forested land instead of converting it to farmland. Almir Augusto Andrade and Nima Darabi use AI technology and simulation to assess the carbon credit value of privately owned sections of the Amazon rainforest.
In our first episode of Climate Levers, Eduardo –CEO of Blue Dot Project– met with the founders of Skoog. Together, they went over the technology that identifies the types of trees in the forest and gives value to each. They also discussed the current situation in the Amazon and how best to communicate with the farmers to help them join the movement to preserve the planet's lungs.
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Almir Augusto Andrade is the co-founder and CEO of Skoog. He is an industrial engineer who grew up in Brazil. Both his parents were agricultural engineers, and Augusto always had a close relationship with nature. After 15 years of traveling the world and working in his industry, he took a break and joined a program to learn about entrepreneurship and tech start-ups. After meeting Nima, he was inspired by his passion for nature and partnered with him to launch Skoog.
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Growing up in Tehran, Nima Darabi became passionate about nature after spending his childhood surrounded by concrete in the big city. Once he moved to Norway, he became a big advocate for plants and forest protection. This inspired him to develop a technology to help assess the positive financial impact urban trees have on properties and real estate. Augusto introduced Nima to carbon markets, and together they repurposed this technology into a much more impactful space. Skoog was born.
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