For Project Developers

Your project.
AACF-ready from day one.

Register with Rimba and your credits are Article 6.2 CA-tracked from issuance — pre-cleared for Singapore's compliance market, verifiable by ASEAN scientists, at a fraction of Verra's cost with zero upfront fees.

Ecosystem Coverage
Four ASEAN-calibrated project types

All methodologies are co-developed with ASEAN researchers and calibrated to local field data. No borrowing from the Amazon.

PEAT
Tropical Peatland Restoration

Water table management in degraded peatland. Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.

MNG
Mangrove Blue Carbon

Protect or restore mangrove forest. Malaysia holds 566,000 ha of some of Earth's most carbon-dense coastal ecosystems.

REDD
Tropical Forest REDD+

Reduce deforestation against a verified baseline. Dipterocarp forests, Sabah lowlands, Sarawak mixed forest.

SMHD
Smallholder Programs

Aggregate 200+ farmers under one registered program. Carbon finance for communities Verra pricing has always excluded.

Registration Process

Five stages. Clearly defined.

Stage 1 — Eligibility Assessment

Desk-based review of your project area: ecosystem type, land tenure, deforestation risk, carbon potential, methodology fit. Know if you qualify before spending on a full application.

2–3 weeks RM 3,000–5,000
Stage 2 — Project Registration

Submit boundary files, land tenure documents, and project description. Rimba generates your project ID and opens your registry record.

No upfront fee
Stage 3 — Validation

A locally-based accredited verifier reviews your project design and methodology application. They know the ecosystem. No international flights, no orientation required.

4–8 weeks No upfront fee
Stage 4 — Monitoring & Reporting

The Rimba platform handles routine monitoring automatically via satellite. You confirm an annual report generated by the platform — not a manual field exercise.

Annual RM 8,000–25,000/yr
Stage 5 — Verification & Credit Issuance

Verifier confirms your monitoring data. Credits are issued into the Rimba registry — available for transfer or listing on exchanges including BCX and Climate Impact X, Singapore.

Rimba charges a post-issuance success fee of 3–5% of credit sale proceeds — deducted at the point of sale, not upfront. You pay nothing until your credits are sold.

AACF CA-Tracked: Every credit issued carries a Corresponding Adjustment record automatically submitted to Malaysia’s NRES and Singapore’s NEA. Your credits arrive in the buyer’s account pre-cleared for Singapore carbon tax compliance — no separate government paperwork required.

3–5% of sale proceeds

All fees and pricing shown across each stage are indicative estimates for reference only and are subject to change without notice, reflecting current methodology requirements, verification complexity, and market conditions. Actual fees will be confirmed in writing at the time of project registration. Nothing on this page constitutes a binding offer, quotation, or contractual commitment. Fees quoted in USD are for reference only; actual charges will reflect prevailing exchange rates at the time of invoicing. Carbon credits issued under the Rimba registry are not currently classified as securities or capital markets products under applicable law. Regulatory classification may change. Rimba Standards does not provide investment advice.

Cost Comparison

5–8× cheaper than Verra

We are direct about costs because transparency builds trust. These are real numbers — not marketing estimates.

Component Verra Rimba
Methodology development RM 200K–700K RM 0 (pre-built)
VVB validation RM 90K–180K RM 40K–80K
VVB travel & logistics RM 45K–115K RM 5K–15K
Annual monitoring RM 90K–185K RM 20K–50K
Document preparation RM 140K–370K RM 30K–80K
Total first year RM 577K–1.57M RM 103K–240K

Source: Dr. Renard Siew, MCMA President, The Edge Malaysia, Aug 2024. Rimba estimates based on local VVB rates and automated MRV platform. Cost comparison is illustrative only. Actual costs vary by project size, complexity, and ecosystem type. Verra figures sourced from published industry data. Rimba figures are estimates subject to change.

All pricing figures are indicative estimates for reference only and are subject to change without notice, reflecting current market conditions, methodology requirements, and operational costs. Actual fees will be confirmed in writing at the time of project registration. Nothing on this page constitutes a binding offer, quotation, or contractual commitment.

Why Is It Cheaper?

Three structural advantages

Pre-built ASEAN methodology
You pay nothing to develop or adapt a methodology. It already fits your ecosystem.
Local verifiers who know the ecosystem
No international flights, no site orientation, no overseas hotel bills.
Automated satellite monitoring
Sentinel-1/2 and ALOS PALSAR process continuously. No monthly field teams.
Eligibility

Who can register a project

Three requirements apply to all project types. We have tried to write them plainly — if you are unsure whether your project qualifies, start with the eligibility assessment and we will tell you honestly.

Project Area
Clear land tenure or documented carbon rights Freehold, leasehold, state land concession, or community land management agreement. Projects with contested indigenous land rights cannot be registered until tenure is resolved.
Minimum project area 500 hectares for forest and peatland projects. Smallholder aggregation programs require a minimum of 200 participating farmers — no minimum per individual farm.
A credible baseline threat A forest with no road access, no adjacent agricultural pressure, and no historical deforestation does not qualify for REDD+. Our eligibility assessment identifies this before you invest in a full application.
Long-term monitoring commitment Carbon credits represent a commitment of typically 20–40 years. We do not register projects from landowners who want to sell credits without accepting the ongoing monitoring obligation. The duration of the crediting period is determined by the applicable methodology and agreed in writing at project registration; it does not imply any commitment on the part of Rimba Standards as to the duration of its own operations.
Geography: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand (Phase 1) We are building our initial VVB network in these three countries. Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia are Phase 2 markets — both as project developer supply and as white-label national registry deployments under the AACF framework.

Join the founding project developer list

Rimba Standards is in its founding phase. We are not yet accepting full project registrations — our first methodology is currently being co-developed with our scientific panel. What we are doing now is building our founding developer list and running a small MRV pilot programme: 2–3 Malaysian projects already in the Verra pipeline who want to reduce their monitoring costs using our satellite platform while we calibrate our methodology with real field data. If your project fits one of our four ecosystem types, contact us now. Preliminary assessments are offered at no charge during our founding phase, and pilot programme participation comes with priority registration once the standard launches.

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