# Terra Global Capital

> Terra Global Capital combines nature-based project development, land-use greenhouse gas quantification, and investment management. Founded by Leslie Durschinger in 2006, the Oakland company works with governments, community organizations, NGOs, and private businesses to make forest protection, restoration, and agricultural programs investable. Its technical work is supported by the Terralytics software suite.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, United States
- **Founders:** Leslie L. Durschinger (Founder, CEO and CIO)
- **Products:** Carbon Development and Technical Advisory, Climate Finance Investment Management, Terra Bella Nature-based Solutions Carbon Fund, Terralytics, Nested Program Manager
- **Notable:** Green Climate Fund directory lists accreditation on March 4, 2024, in the small project-size category., Reports work in more than 40 countries, 25+ programs, and 45+ feasibility studies., Reports authoring or co-authoring VCS VM0006, VT0005, VT0006, and ACR agriculture methodologies.

## Products & services

- **Carbon Development and Technical Advisory** — Program design, commercial feasibility, land-use GHG accounting, monitoring, reporting, and support through validation and verification.
- **Climate Finance Investment Management** — Investment structuring, readiness, project finance, and ongoing investee support through Terra Global Investment Management, founded in 2010.
- **Terra Bella Nature-based Solutions Carbon Fund** — Project-finance vehicle; its 2025 investor brief targets $300 million and describes investor elections for cash or verified emission reductions/removals. Targets are not capital raised or realized returns.
- **Terralytics** — Software and models supporting field data, geospatial monitoring, GHG quantification, and document management.
- **Nested Program Manager** — Terralytics module organizing monitoring data into geographic hierarchies and supporting mobile, geotagged reporting.
- **Collaborative Classifier** — Combines local expert land classification with machine learning and uncertainty assessment.
- **TerraCover** — Satellite image interpretation and ground-cover classification with expert and machine-learning input.
- **TerraChange Land-use Model** — Spatial modeling for forecasting land-use change at program and jurisdictional levels.
- **Document Repository** — Controlled document access supporting program validation and verification.

## Achievements

- Green Climate Fund directory lists accreditation on March 4, 2024, in the small project-size category.
- Reports work in more than 40 countries, 25+ programs, and 45+ feasibility studies.
- Reports authoring or co-authoring VCS VM0006, VT0005, VT0006, and ACR agriculture methodologies.
- July 2026 company reporting credits the Kulera partnership with generating over 3.3 million VCUs and mobilizing over US$22 million in climate finance; these are program-level, company-reported totals.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Co-convened a New York Climate Week workshop with Verra and ART on nested jurisdictional REDD+ accounting, implementation, and finance.
- **2026-07** — Reported meetings between Kulera partners and Malawi officials on implementation of the country’s carbon market framework.
- **2026-05** — Announced selection of BlueLayer to support carbon credit inventory, orders, and portfolio delivery.
- **2026-05** — Reported Zanzibar biomass measurement training with local partners and communities.
- **2026-03** — Reported completion of public comment for the Choco jurisdictional baseline and COCOMACIA program. Expected issuance is a forecast, not proof of issuance.
- **2025-11** — Delaware Superior Court dismissed Anew’s action against Terra subsidiaries in favor of arbitration; the decision did not resolve contractual liability.

## Links

- Website: https://www.terraglobalcapital.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/terra-global-capital
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/terraglobal
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/terra.global.capital

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Last updated: 2026-10-27