Dragonfly's Nasa partnership could transform NZ’s carbon offset market

Dragonfly's Nasa partnership could transform NZ’s carbon offset market
Dragonfly is using Nasa’s satellite LiDAR data to monitor forests. (Image: Nasa)
Greg Hurrell
New Zealand data company Dragonfly has teamed up with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project it hopes will eventually earn carbon credits for predator control in native forests.Using data from Nasa and other sources, the Wellington-based company is developing methods to measure the regrowth of forest canopies. The concept is being tested in the Coromandel conservation estate and California’s 2021 Caldor fire zone.Dragonfly is working with Nasa's Earth Exchange, a dedicated team set up to monitor biomass ove...

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