| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| May | Terms of reference and mode of working | Code updates | Work programme | Financial planning |
| December | Registry retender | Additionality | Price data | UK Emissions Trading Scheme | Work programme | Risk register |
Board minutes
Published : 19 May 2025
Nature Market Strategy Board
Executive Board
| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| January | Buyer-seller contracts | Drone-based pilot survey | Registry retender | Buying and validating registered projects | Additionality consultation | UK Emissions Trading Scheme | ICROA and ICVCM accreditation | Community Inclusion Standard | Small woodlands |
| March | UK Land Carbon Registry | Standard update | Governance | Risk register | Nature Markets Strategy Board | Annual report | Crofting issues | Additionality |
| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| February | Finances | Meta registries | Buyer/seller contract and biodiversity projects | Market infrastructure project | Strategy board | Additionality | Clarifications process |
| April | Statistics | Fees | Governance | Nature Markets Strategy Board | Clarifications | Communications | Future monitoring | Additionality timing | Additionality for public sector bodies |
| May | Statistics | Levies | Additionality timing | Additionality for public sector bodies | Registry re-tender | ICVCM application | Orchards |
| June | Buyer-seller contracts | Statistics | UK Emissions Trading Scheme | Nature Markets Strategy Board | Public sector additionality | Registry retender | ICVCM application |
| August | Public sector additionality | ICVCM accreditation | Registry retender | International aviation | Validating and verification bodies |
| September | Emissions Trading Scheme | Public sector additionality | Carbon prices | CivTech Challenge | Biodiversity and additionality consultations | Sustainable Farming Scheme Wales | Woodland Water Code | Registry re-tender | Staffing |
| November / December | Biodiversity crediting | Registry update | Staffing | Statistics | Additionality test consultation |Buyer-seller template contracts | ICVCM accreditation | CivTech Challenge | Governance | UK Emissions Trading Scheme | Risk register |
Advisory Board
| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| February | Statistics | Achievements | ICROA and ICVCM accreditation | Improving efficiency | Registry retender | CivTech Challenge | Additionality | Biodiversity crediting consultation | Small projects | Buyer-seller contracts | Remote sensing pilot | Land sales for registered projects |
| May | Statistics | Carbon price data | ICROA and ICVCM accreditation | Version 3.0 of the standard | Communications and engagement |
| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| February | Statistics | New team members | Meta registries | Defra-funded project | Resource planning | Additionality timings | Standard versions and clarifications | Buyer/seller contract and biodiversity projects |
| April | Statistics | Strategy Board | Additionality timing | Compliance with standards frameworks | Fees | Clarifications | Future monitoring | Communications |
| November | Statistics | Governance | Improving efficiency | ICVCM accreditation | Additionality | Communications | Biodiversity crediting | Policy updates from countries |
| Month | Topic |
|---|---|
| March | Woodland Carbon Code 2023 preview | New methodologies (water and agroforestry) | UK Nature Markets Framework | Research projects (carbon pricing and community benefits) |
| May | Strategy and direction | Priorities for 2023/24 |
| September | Statistics | Resources | Carbon price data | UK Land Carbon Registry | Nature Markets Framework | Additionality |
| Month | Topics |
|---|---|
| January | Additionality | Governance | UK Land Carbon Registry fees | Market development |
| April | Woodland Carbon Code update version 2.2 |
| October | Governance | Developing markets | Version 2.2 changes | ICVCM Core Carbon Principles |