Carbonmark and Satellites on Fire Partner to Strengthen Carbon Credit Integrity Through Early Fire Detection

Carbonmark, the open blockchain-powered marketplace and digital infrastructure layer for carbon credits, has announced a strategic partnership with Satellites on Fire, a climate tech company specializing in ultra-early wildfire detection powered by satellite data, tower cameras and artificial intelligence. 

This collaboration brings together Carbonmark’s infrastructure with Satellites on Fire’s real-time monitoring capabilities to address one of the most critical challenges in forestry-based carbon projects: permanence risk.

Addressing Permanence Risk in Carbon Markets

Forestry and other nature-based carbon projects play a central role in global decarbonization efforts, but their long-term impact depends on the ability to safeguard stored carbon against reversal events such as wildfires.

Early detection is not a “nice to have”—it is the difference between preserving decades of carbon sequestration and losing it in a matter of hours.

Satellites on Fire has developed a proprietary system that detects wildfires in their earliest stages using satellite imagery, tower cameras and AI-driven analysis, enabling response teams to act before fires escalate into large-scale events.

This type of real-time environmental data can be integrated into digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) frameworks, where it becomes part of the ongoing evidence layer supporting carbon projects.

When combined with blockchain infrastructure, this data can be embedded directly into smart contracts and credit metadata, creating a persistent, verifiable record of project conditions over time, not just at the point of issuance.

From Verification to Continuous Integrity

Traditional carbon market infrastructure has focused heavily on upfront verification and periodic audits. While necessary, this approach leaves a structural gap when it comes to real-time project performance and evolving risk exposure.

Carbonmark and Satellites on Fire are approaching this challenge from complementary angles—market infrastructure and environmental intelligence—making this partnership particularly impactful.

Integrating early fire detection data into carbon project monitoring frameworks enables:

• Faster identification and response to wildfire risks

• Continuous, data-backed visibility into project conditions

• Stronger confidence for buyers concerned with durability and permanence

• More robust due diligence for developers, investors, and intermediaries

This represents a shift toward dynamic, data-informed carbon markets, where integrity is not only verified at issuance but actively maintained throughout the lifecycle of a project through automated, transparent systems.

Direct Credit Issuance on Blockchain

Last year, Carbonmark introduced its Direct Issuance framework — a new way for project developers to issue verified carbon credits directly onto public blockchain infrastructure.

Designed to support developers implementing novel methodologies or operating small-scale projects that may be uneconomical to bring to market through traditional registries, Carbonmark Direct enables credit issuance on publicly verifiable and secure infrastructure — including the Polygon and Base blockchains.

By combining Direct Issuance with dMRV inputs such as satellite-based fire detection, Carbonmark is advancing toward a model where credit issuance, monitoring, and verification are interconnected within a single transparent system. Beyond Direct Issuance, the key technical learnings from piloting this technology has provided a framework for bringing similar benefits to credits issued on carbon registries supporting blockchain interoperability, such as EcoRegistry and ICR. 

Scaling Digital Climate Infrastructure Across Regions

Satellites on Fire, headquartered in Argentina, recently raised $2.7 million in a seed funding round led by Dalus Capital, supporting the expansion of its technology across multiple geographies.

The company currently operates across Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Canada, Germany, Ghana, and the Philippines, among others.

This global presence aligns with Carbonmark’s marketplace, which connects carbon credit supply and demand globally.

A Shared Vision for High-Integrity Carbon Markets

Carbonmark and Satellites on Fire share a common goal: to strengthen trust in carbon markets by combining transparency, technology, and real-world data.

By embedding real-time environmental monitoring into digital carbon infrastructure, the partnership reinforces a critical shift in the market: carbon credits should not only represent climate impact at a single point in time, but reflect project conditions continuously, through verifiable and tamper-proof systems.

About Carbonmark

Carbonmark is an open and fully transparent blockchain-powered marketplace and digital infrastructure layer for verified carbon credits, enabling faster, more flexible, and traceable credit sourcing for companies seeking to take full accountability for their carbon footprint.

Carbonmark provides public, tamper-proof records, real-time settlement, and access to high-integrity carbon projects across a range of geographies.

For more information, visit www.carbonmark.com.

About Satellites on Fire

Satellites on Fire is a climate technology company that leverages satellite data and artificial intelligence to detect wildfires in their earliest stages. Its platform enables rapid response and supports governments, organizations, and land managers in preventing large-scale environmental damage.

With operations spanning multiple continents, the company is focused on protecting ecosystems, reducing emissions from wildfires, and strengthening climate resilience globally.

For more information, visit: https://www.satellitesonfire.com