Plan Vivo
Plan Vivo certifies community-led and smallholder land-use projects in the Global South under PV Climate and the PV Nature biodiversity standard, with tenure, FPIC and benefit-sharing built into its DNA.
Plan VivoInside Plan Vivo
PV Climate is designed for land owned or under user rights of smallholders and communities, and PV Nature, launched in 2023, certifies biodiversity outcomes for community-led restoration and protection projects.
Plan Vivo Certificates and Biodiversity Certificates are issued, transacted and retired on a registry managed by S&P Global, which lists certified projects with their PDDs, technical specifications and annual reports.
Income from certificates funds project operating costs and ensures local participants are recognised for conserving ecosystems.
A community forest or biodiversity project with documented consent and benefit-sharing is a natural Plan Vivo candidate, with digital MRV evidence behind the certificate.
Recent developments
- 2025Continued building the PV Nature biodiversity pipeline alongside PV Climate, both running on the S&P Global Environmental Registry.
Using Plan Vivo in a project
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