ART / TREES
ART runs the TREES standard for jurisdictional and national REDD+, the quality bar behind the LEAF Coalition, with 26 jurisdictions listed and the registry migrating to ICE GreenTrace in 2026 with real-time issuance and developer APIs.
ART / TREESInside ART / TREES
TREES certifies emission reductions and removals at the jurisdictional and national scale, and ART certification is the evidence basis for results-based finance mobilised by the LEAF Coalition.
Nearly a quarter of the world’s tropical forests now sit in jurisdictional REDD+ programmes on the ART Registry, with Bhutan and Bolivia bringing the total to 26 jurisdictions in 2025.
ART is upgrading to TREES 3.0 in 2026 with optional Beyond Carbon Benefits certification, and the registry, operated by Winrock’s Environmental Resources Trust, is migrating to ICE GreenTrace with developer APIs and serial-level audit trails.
How Straatos integrates ART / TREES
A jurisdictional host layer Straatos nests beneath rather than competes with; the GreenTrace migration makes it API-addressable from 2026.
Nest under jurisdictions
Feed Straatos project data upward so it reconciles with a jurisdiction’s TREES baseline and helps demonstrate within-boundary integrity.
Connect via GreenTrace APIs
Use the developer APIs arriving with the ICE GreenTrace migration to read issuance and retirement state for ART-listed jurisdictions.
Support Beyond Carbon Benefits
Route Straatos biodiversity and community-benefit evidence into the optional Beyond Carbon Benefits certification under TREES 3.0.
Recent developments
- 2026ART Registry transitioning to ICE GreenTrace with real-time issuance, developer APIs and serial-level audit trails; TREES 3.0 and Beyond Carbon Benefits in rollout.
- 2025Bhutan and Bolivia listed, bringing the ART Registry to 26 jurisdictions covering nearly a quarter of the world’s tropical forests.
Run ART / TREES inside Straatos
See how a project running on Straatos puts ART / TREES to work alongside every other source: field, satellite and community.