KMS provides Nature Based Solutions (NbS) advisory services which involve guidance, expertise and support related to the implementation, management and evaluation of projects that utilize natural systems to address environmental challenges. Such services typically comprise of forest protection and conservation, coastal zone protection, wetland restoration, river/floodplain restoration, agroforestry, soil conservation, sustainable agricultural practices. We assist in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of NbS projects. This involves measuring ecological outcomes, socio-economic impacts and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. We provide complete end to end solutions from due diligence, feasibility assessment, project identification and design to assistance in certification under suitable GHG scheme.
What nature based solutions mean for carbon
Nature based solutions are projects that use natural systems to tackle climate and environmental problems, and in carbon they are where most of the real removals and protection happen. Protecting a forest, restoring a wetland, bringing trees into farmland, holding carbon in soil: each one cuts or stores emissions while doing something for the land and the people on it. NbS is the umbrella over much of what KMS does, from REDD+ forest protection to blue carbon on the coast.
How KMS works on NbS projects
Kanaka Management Services (KMS Group) takes nature-based projects end to end. We start with due diligence and a feasibility assessment, the honest look at whether a project will actually work and pay. From there, project identification and design, then certification under the carbon standard that fits, whether that is a large scale route or Plan Vivo for community led work. Across forests, wetlands, coastal zones, floodplains, agroforestry and soil, the path is the same: work out what is real, design it well and get it certified.
The part that separates a credible NbS project from a hopeful one is measurement. We build the monitoring and evaluation behind a project so its ecological outcomes, its socio-economic impacts and its resilience to a changing climate can be tracked, not assumed. That is what a standard checks and what a serious buyer pays for.
The technical work underneath runs from the same team: forest carbon surveys, biodiversity assessments, socio-economic assessments and the remote sensing behind the baselines. For the wider picture, see our carbon credit knowledge hub.
Frequently asked questions
What are nature-based solutions (NbS)?
Nature-based solutions are actions that use natural systems to address climate and environmental challenges. In carbon they include forest protection, wetland and coastal restoration, agroforestry and soil conservation. Each stores or avoids emissions while supporting ecosystems and communities, which is why NbS sits at the centre of nature-based carbon projects.
What nature-based solutions does KMS advise on?
Forest protection and conservation, coastal zone protection, wetland and floodplain restoration, agroforestry, soil conservation and sustainable agriculture. KMS takes these projects from due diligence and feasibility through design to certification under a suitable carbon standard.
Does KMS take NbS projects all the way to carbon certification?
Yes. KMS provides end to end support: due diligence, feasibility assessment, project identification and design, then certification under the GHG standard that fits the project. The technical work underneath, surveys, assessments and remote sensing, is handled by the same team.
What is blue carbon?
Blue carbon is the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems like mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass. Protecting or restoring them removes and holds carbon while defending coastlines and habitat. It is one of the nature-based solutions KMS works on through coastal zone and wetland projects.
Why does an NbS project need monitoring and evaluation?
Because a standard and a buyer need proof, not promises. Monitoring and evaluation tracks a project’s ecological outcomes, its socio-economic impacts and how it adapts to changing conditions over time. Without it, an NbS project cannot show it worked and the credits lose value.
Talk to a KMS carbon consultant
Have a forest, wetland, coastal or agroforestry project you want to take to carbon certification? Tell us about the land and we will tell you what is feasible and which standard fits.
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