Tech giant Google has announced a long-term carbon removal agreement with agroforestry firm Working Trees to permanently remove 270,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide through a silvopasture initiative in Brazil.
Contracted through the Symbiosis Coalition, the project integrates tree planting directly onto active cattle ranchlands across the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, restoring degraded pastureland without displacing livestock production.
The silvopasture framework provides agricultural and ecological benefits by generating secondary revenue streams for local ranchers through timber and carbon credit yields. At the same time, increased tree canopy cover provides shade for grazing livestock, improves soil quality, and enhances regional drought resilience.
Operational and technological features of the project include:
- Scalable agroforestry model: Designed for expansion across millions of hectares of degraded pastureland throughout Brazil’s agricultural regions.
- Digital verification infrastructure: Employs Working Trees’ digital tracking platform, allowing landholders and project managers to monitor individual trees and maintain a transparent audit trail for carbon verification.
- Dual-impact land use: Combines commercial cattle farming with ecosystem restoration to increase overall agricultural productivity.
- Symbiosis coalition procurement: Marks a major off-take deal supporting scalable, nature-based carbon removal solutions in Latin America.
The agreement reflects a broader corporate strategy to deploy digital monitoring technologies alongside nature-based solutions to deliver verifiable, long-term carbon sequestration.
