ALUS Partners with Albo Climate to Leverage Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for New Acre Project Quantification

 ALUS partners with climate-tech start-up, Albo Climate, to apply novel remote sensing models to tree and shrub projects in support of ALUS’ New Acre Project carbon quantification efforts

 

 

ALUS Tree planting project in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada 
Toronto, Canada, March 28th, 2023 – ALUS and Albo Climate announce a partnership to use a remote sensing-based platform for identifying carbon stocks and sequestration for tree and shrub projects supported by New Acre Project, ALUS’ corporate sustainability investment platform.

The ultra high-resolution, AI-powered products will be calibrated for ALUS’ tree and shrub projects in four provinces in Canada: Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec. The sites are located on private lands managed and maintained by farmers and ranchers participating in the ALUS program.

Through ALUS’ New Acre Project, corporations can invest in projects to receive a bundled ecosystem credit that includes carbon sequestration, water and biodiversity benefits. 

The ALUS tree and shrub project sites serve not only as carbon sinks, but also foster local biodiversity and reduce runoff of agricultural inputs into local watersheds. Most projects are developed on the edges of the farmers’ fields which are oftentimes underutilized and include a variety of tree species that are native and appropriate to the area, including spruce, pine and maple trees.  
 

“We are excited about our partnership with ALUS, a fantastic organization massively implementing nature-based solutions across Canada. We are looking forward to applying our modes to service their afforestation, reforestation and regeneration projects, and detect carbon stocks in the woody vegetation even in small patches with recently planted trees,” notes Marco Calderon, CTO of Albo Climate.  

 

Albo Climate’s innovative technology analyzes satellite imagery using deep learning to map, measure, and monitor carbon sequestration, deforestation and land-use changes in nature-based climate solutions.  
“We are delighted to be partnering with Albo Climate, an innovative start-up developing robust remote-sensing solutions suited to our needs. We are confident that this kind of technology has immense potential to scale up and create transparency in a variety of nature-based climate solutions,”
Mary-Ellen Anderson

Head of Special Projects and Innovation , ALUS Canada

 About New Acre Project

ALUS’ New Acre Project is a corporate investment platform designed to help purpose-driven corporations go beyond their sustainability objectives and invest in the next-generation of conservation to generate positive impacts in the communities where they operate. Through New Acre Project, corporations are enabling these communities to become more resilient and empowering farmers and ranchers to build nature-based solutions on their land, one acre at a time. Learn more at newacre.org. 

 

About Albo Climate 

Albo Climate, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, supports Nature-Based climate solutions with AI and Satellite-Powered technology. They are currently servicing a number of forestry and agriculture projects around the world, including in the USA, Canada, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Australia and Zambia. Learn more at albosys.com.

 

 

Contact Persons: 

 

ALUS and New Acre Project: 

Nadine Mercure, Director of Communications, [email protected]  

 

Albo Climate: 

Ariella Charny, COO, [email protected] 

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