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# Agribusiness carbon credits: ownership, agreements, accounting and tax

Understand projects, additionality, certification and voluntary markets versus SBCE.

**Written by:** [VMAHUB Technical Team](https://vmahub.com/en/quem-somos)

**Accounting and legal review:** [Vivian Sampaio](https://vmahub.com/en/quem-somos)

**Published:** August 5, 2026

**Last reviewed:** August 13, 2026

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**Direct answer:** A credit does not arise merely because a farm conserves vegetation. A project needs methodology, baseline, additionality, monitoring, verification and issuance. Law 15,042/2024 created SBCE, but implementation is progressive; do not confuse regulated assets with already certified voluntary credits.

This article belongs to the [Agribusiness category](https://vmahub.com/en/blog/categoria/agronegocio) and [Succession, Labor and Sustainability track](https://vmahub.com/en/blog/categoria/agronegocio/sucessao-trabalho-e-sustentabilidade).

## Decision framework

Decision area
Review question

Ownership
landowner, tenant, partner or developer?

Methodology
eligible and additional?

Data
who measures and audits?

Agreement
exclusivity, term, cost and reversal

Review titles, CAR, use agreements, prior projects, overlapping areas and environmental rights. A landowner is not automatically exclusive owner where others finance or perform the project. Do not recognize revenue from an estimate alone. Risks include double counting, permanence, fire, reversal, discontinued methodology and long exclusivity.

## Risk and professional review

Use accounting for measurement and records and legal review for ownership, duties, agreements, deadlines and liability.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does conservation automatically create credits?

No; verification and issuance are required.

### Who owns a credit?

It depends on rights, funding and contract.

### Did SBCE regulate every credit?

No; implementation requires stages and acts.

### Can future revenue be booked now?

Not without accounting recognition support.

## Official sources

- \[Law 15,042/2024 — SBCE\](https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil\_03/\_ato2023-2026/2024/lei/l15042.htm)
- \[Forest Code\](https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil\_03/\_ato2011-2014/2012/lei/l12651.htm)

**Related:** [eudr rastreabilidade agronegocio brasil](https://vmahub.com/en/blog/eudr-rastreabilidade-agronegocio-brasil), [arrendamento ou parceria rural](https://vmahub.com/en/blog/arrendamento-ou-parceria-rural).

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## Sources and references

- Law 15,042/2024 — SBCE
- Forest Code

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