Developed with Mitsubishi Corporation and enabled by Boomitra’s AI and satellite-based MRV technology, the project marks a key compliance-market milestone for nature-based carbon removal.

Boomitra today announced that its Mongolia soil carbon project has received a formal No Objection Decision under Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), becoming the first soil carbon project to reach this milestone. The project is being developed with Mitsubishi Corporation, in consultation with the Mongolian and Japanese Governments, and is designed to scale improved grazing management with herder communities across Mongolia.

The Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) is a bilateral cooperation mechanism between Japan and partner countries to implement projects that reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions. It encourages collaborative projects that contribute to sustainable development and environmental benefits. As of April 2026, Japan has signed bilateral agreements with 32 countries, including Mongolia. The Project will generate carbon credits through the JCM, which may be used in the GX-ETS, Japan’s first nationwide emissions trading system, whose compliance phase started in April 2026.

Reaching a No Objection Decision by the two governments required sustained technical engagement with both the Mongolian and Japanese governments. Together with its partners, Boomitra worked through the operational, social, and scientific details of the project, demonstrating that large-scale improved rangeland management can be implemented in collaboration with local herders and partners, using Boomitra’s proprietary AI-driven MRV technology.

Mongolia’s NDC 3.0, released in 2025, aims to restore 10% of heavily degraded rangelands in forest-steppe and steppe ecological zones as part of the conditional targets. Mongolia’s rangelands are ecologically important, culturally central to nomadic life, and increasingly exposed to climate stress. Dzud events, which combine summer drought with extreme winter cold, caused severe losses for herder communities in 2023 and 2024. In that context, the project is designed to support improved grazing management, healthier soils, and increased carbon sequestration across Mongolian rangelands while creating direct economic value for participating communities.

"As Japan accelerates its JCM program toward its 2030 targets, and as other compliance markets increasingly incorporate high-integrity soil carbon projects, this milestone demonstrates a replicable model: rigorous science, deep local partnership, and technology that makes large-landscape monitoring practical and trustworthy.” — Aadith Moorthy, Founder & CEO, Boomitra

"We welcome the No Objection Decision by the Mongolian and Japanese governments. This milestone reflects the careful technical consultation with the two governments. Mitsubishi Corporation is pleased to work with Boomitra as a project partner, contributing to the development of highintegrity approaches to soil carbon under the JCM.” — Tadashi Sawamura, General Manager, Carbon Management Dept., Mitsubishi Corporation

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