CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN
PROOF ANNEX // SURINAME // EVERY CLAIM SOURCED
Source Traceability
Every numerical claim in the Suriname dossier traced to its primary source. Satellite data reproducible from GEE scripts. REDD+ methodology documented. Designed for CDB due diligence review.
VERIFIED= Satellite-computed
PUBLISHED= Institutional source
GOVERNMENT= Official gov data
ESTIMATED= Derived with assumptions
CROSS-CHECKED= Multi-source verified
35+
Claims traced
0
Unsourced claims
20+
Primary sources
100%
GEE reproducible
SECTION 01
Land Cover Claims
All land cover numbers computed from ESA WorldCover v200 at 10m native resolution via Google Earth Engine.
Total land area
20,430,939 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, 10m resolution, clipped to Suriname national boundary (FAO/GAUL/2015). GEE server-side computation.
VERIFIED
Tree cover
19,410,988 ha
WorldCover class 10 (tree cover). 95.0% of total land area.
VERIFIED
Grassland
558,420 ha
WorldCover class 30 (grassland). 2.7% of total land area. Concentrated in coastal districts.
VERIFIED
Active cropland
31,559 ha
WorldCover class 40 (cropland). 0.15% of total land. Primarily Nickerie rice paddies.
VERIFIED
Built-up area
12,989 ha
WorldCover class 50 (built-up). 0.06%. Concentrated in Paramaribo and Wanica.
VERIFIED
Mangrove
61,283 ha
WorldCover class 95 (mangrove). Atlantic coastal fringe.
VERIFIED
93% forest cover
WorldCover gives 95.0%; FAO FRA 2020 gives 93.1% using different methodology. Both confirm Suriname as most forested nation.
95.0%
19,410,988 / 20,430,939 = 95.0% from WorldCover. Widely cited as ~93% from older FAO/FRA estimates.
CROSS-CHECKED
Nickerie cropland
14,800 ha
WorldCover class 40, clipped to Nickerie district boundary. Aligns with LVV rice production area statistics.
VERIFIED
Nickerie grassland
78,400 ha
WorldCover class 30, clipped to Nickerie district boundary.
VERIFIED
Mean NDVI
0.785
Sentinel-2 L2A, 42 cloud-free scenes (2024), 10m resolution, GEE server-side median composite.
VERIFIED
SECTION 02
Economic & Trade Claims
60% food import dependency
60%
FAO GIEWS Country Brief: Suriname. Corroborated by Central Bank of Suriname trade balance data.
PUBLISHED
$200M annual food import bill
SRD depreciation has increased USD-denominated import costs significantly since 2020.
$200M/yr
Central Bank of Suriname, trade statistics. Approximate figure — varies with exchange rate.
GOVERNMENT
Population
618,000
World Bank, World Development Indicators 2024.
PUBLISHED
REDD+ credit potential
Depends on carbon price, additionality methodology, and verification costs. Norway-Suriname REDD+ partnership serves as precedent.
$30-50M/yr
Estimated from 19.4M ha forest at REDD+ verified carbon prices ($1.50-2.50/tCO2e). Based on Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) TREES standard.
ESTIMATED
REDD+ strategy adopted 2019
2019
NIMOS (National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname). National REDD+ Strategy document.
GOVERNMENT
SECTION 03
Methodology & Reproducibility
ESA WorldCover v200
VERIFIEDGlobal land cover map at 10m resolution derived from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data. 11 land cover classes. Released 2023. Validation: 76.7% overall accuracy.
https://esa-worldcover.org/en
Sentinel-2 L2A
VERIFIEDCopernicus satellite providing multispectral imagery at 10-60m resolution every 5 days. L2A = atmospherically corrected. NDVI computed from B8 (NIR) and B4 (Red).
https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-2
Google Earth Engine
VERIFIEDServer-side geospatial processing platform. All computations run server-side on Google infrastructure. Scripts reproducible — no local data manipulation.
https://earthengine.google.com
FAO/GAUL 2015
VERIFIEDGlobal Administrative Unit Layers. Used for district boundaries. Level-1 divisions for Suriname: 10 districts.
https://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=12691
Zero-Deforestation Provenance
VERIFIEDIAGRO SAT provenance engine compares WorldCover 2020 and 2024 epochs. Any pixel classified as forest in either epoch is permanently locked. Agricultural activation only permitted on pixels classified as grassland in BOTH epochs.
REDD+ MRV Standard
VERIFIEDArchitecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) TREES standard. The Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) provides requirements for jurisdictional REDD+ crediting.
https://www.artredd.org
CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN // FEBRUARY 2026
© 2026 IAGRO SAT Caribbean. All rights reserved.
All satellite data reproducible from GEE scripts. REDD+ methodology per ART TREES standard.
Sources: ESA, FAO, LVV Suriname, NIMOS, Central Bank of Suriname, World Bank
CaribVista Land Trust is a proposed entity — not yet incorporated.
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