Manir Dhabak builds forest carbon projects grounded in botany, audited to standard, and owned by the communities that hold the land

Afforestation, reforestation and revegetation — including mangrove restoration and agroforestry. My work has been across India, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Senegal, and I am comfortable with community and smallholder projects where the social architecture matters as much as the carbon.

Longer than most people expect. Feasibility and project design typically run several months; validation and registration add more; and ARR projects only issue credits once growth has actually been monitored and verified. I would rather set that expectation at the first call than halfway through.

Land details and boundaries, whatever you know about tenure and land-use history, who the communities and stakeholders are, and your timeline and funding position. If there is existing project documentation or prior feasibility work, that helps too.

Yes. A good deal of my work is advisory — supporting a team that already has a project underway, on certification compliance, species and seed strategy, or preparing for a verification cycle.

Email is best — manir@floracarbon.ai. Tell me where the land is, roughly how large it is and what stage you are at, and I can usually tell you quickly whether it is worth a longer conversation.