Scaling Conservation with Blockchain: Meet PlanetaryX
At Rather Labs, we’ve been collaborating with PlanetaryX for several years to promote a different vision: using blockchain to ensure real traceability, security, and lasting transparency in protecting the planet.
TL;DR
Rather Labs and PlanetaryX use blockchain to make environmental conservation verifiable, recording ecosystem services like carbon capture, biodiversity, and climate resilience immutably on-chain. PlanetaryX issues financial assets backed by scientific data that certify specific conservation actions. Two pilot collections, Fazenda Primavera and Seringais, proved the model, and a larger third collection now targets real scalability.
For decades, incentives have been sought to reduce our environmental impact. However, many initiatives -like carbon credits- have failed to deliver on their promises, and some have even led to cases of lack of transparency or fraud.
At Rather Labs, we’ve been collaborating with PlanetaryX for several years to promote a different vision: using blockchain to ensure real traceability, security, and lasting transparency in protecting the planet.
PlanetaryX creates financial assets backed by scientific data that certify and value specific conservation actions, integrating ecosystem services such as carbon capture, biodiversity, climate resilience, and community development, all recorded immutably on the blockchain.
We’ve launched two standout collections:
- Fazenda Primavera (first generation, Beta/Pilot): This is a privately owned property of approximately 470 hectares in the Amazon, where Biome Conservation Assets (B.C.A.s) have already been generated using data on biomass, flora, fauna, and stored carbon.
- Seringais: A more advanced project covering 55,250 hectares across three areas (Canadá II, Recife II, and Riachuelo, in Acre). Here, B.R.A.s were issued due to the high conservation potential, with metrics on biodiversity, carbon, and ecosystem services.
These collections were crucial as early adoption cases and proof of the model: they attracted the first partners who trusted the protocol and committed to a transparent and effective approach.
Today, we are promoting a third, even more ambitious collection, which covers a much larger area and will represent a key step toward the real scalability of the model, with an amplified positive impact on biodiversity and communities.
Frequently asked questions
What does PlanetaryX do?
PlanetaryX creates financial assets backed by scientific data that certify and value specific conservation actions. These assets integrate ecosystem services such as carbon capture, biodiversity, climate resilience, and community development, all recorded immutably on the blockchain. The goal is real traceability, security, and lasting transparency in protecting the planet.
Which conservation collections have Rather Labs and PlanetaryX launched?
Two collections have been launched so far. Fazenda Primavera is a first-generation Beta/Pilot on roughly 470 hectares in the Amazon, where Biome Conservation Assets (B.C.A.s) were generated from data on biomass, flora, fauna, and stored carbon. Seringais is a more advanced project spanning 55,250 hectares across three areas in Acre, where assets were issued based on high conservation potential and metrics on biodiversity, carbon, and ecosystem services.
How does blockchain improve transparency over traditional carbon credits?
Many traditional conservation initiatives, like carbon credits, have failed to deliver on their promises and in some cases led to a lack of transparency or fraud. PlanetaryX addresses this by tying assets to scientific data and recording conservation actions immutably on the blockchain, ensuring real traceability. This makes the certified impact verifiable rather than reliant on unaudited claims.