akar.earthCarbon Project Eligibility Quiz
Free carbon project eligibility quiz: describe your land's cover, history, threat and tenure to see which project types may fit and what to check first.
The carbon project eligibility quiz suggests which carbon project types may fit your land, such as ARR, REDD+, agroforestry, blue carbon or peat restoration, based on five answers about land cover, history, threat, tenure and area. It also flags the issues most likely to block a project in Indonesia.
Method
The quiz applies simple rules drawn from common methodology requirements:
- ARR fits open land or farms that were not forest during the look-back period, often about 10 years. See the 10-year rule.
- Agroforestry or improved land management fits existing farms and plantations, see the agroforestry hub.
- REDD+ needs forest with documented pressure of clearance, see REDD+.
- Improved forest management or assisted regeneration may fit degraded or logged-over forest.
- Blue carbon fits mangroves, abandoned ponds and tidal land.
- Peat rewetting fits drained or burnt peatland.
It then adds warnings for unclear history, unclear tenure, small area and forest without a credible threat. For social forestry and customary forest holders it notes that Permenhut 6/2026 names them as legitimate participants, and that FPIC and benefit sharing need early planning.
Assumptions and limitations
- Your answers are taken as correct; the quiz does not check satellite data.
- Methodology rules are simplified. Each methodology has more applicability conditions.
- Mixed land covers need to be split and assessed separately.
- It says nothing about carbon volume, cost or market price.
How to read the result
“Likely fit” means worth investigating, not eligible. Read the warnings first: unclear tenure or recent forest cover can rule out a project regardless of anything else. Then read the ARR project feasibility guide or the hub for your project type. To test your real boundary, AKAR Eligibility screens land-cover history, and our feasibility and eligibility service turns that into a go or no-go decision. Background is on the forest carbon hub.
Frequently asked questions
Can my land host a carbon project?
It depends on what covers it today, its history over roughly the last 10 years, whether any forest is under real threat, and whether land and carbon rights are clear. The quiz above gives a first answer from those factors.
What is the minimum area for a carbon project?
There is no single minimum, but small areas often cannot cover validation and monitoring costs alone. Projects under a few hundred hectares commonly join a grouped project or aggregation scheme.
Does the quiz check my actual land?
No. It uses only your answers. AKAR Eligibility runs a real screen on your boundary using satellite land-cover history.