Carbon intermediation
for Polynesian landowners
TORA Initiative aggregates mandates from owners of senescent coconut groves in the Tuamotu atolls to valorise their carbon potential and redistribute revenue directly to local communities.
Context
An undervalued land and ecological heritage
57.6%
of Polynesian land
Land indivision
Over half of French Polynesia's land is held in indivision, making any economic valorisation collectively complex without an aggregation mechanism.
176 072
cadastral parcels (OTIA)
Senescence
Tuamotu coconut groves are ageing without renewal. This ecological heritage is losing its productive capacity and carbon absorption potential for lack of active management.
0
carbon mandates active before TORA
Isolation
Owners dispersed across the atolls have neither the tools nor access to carbon markets. Aggregation is the prerequisite for valorisation.
The TORA solution
Aggregated mandates, direct redistribution
TORA receives mandates from landowners to manage the entire carbon process and returns the majority of generated revenue directly to them.
Aggregated mandate
Eligible landowners sign a mandate entrusting TORA with the carbon management of their parcel. OTIA identifies the land; TORA valorises it.
Measurement and reporting
Field inventories, Sentinel-2 imagery and versioned carbon calculation form the basis of MRV monitoring (Measurement, Reporting, Verification).
Transparent redistribution
50–60% of revenue goes to landowners, 20–30% to the conservation fund, 15–20% to management operations.
Pilot phase, Raraka, Tuamotu
Phase 1 objectives
10
Landowner mandates
50–100 ha
Target area
200–500 tCO2e
Estimated potential
The carbon contributions presented are uncertified estimates. Plan Vivo certification is targeted for 2027–2028.
Partnerships
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