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grovia is a data-driven digital platform designed to plan, manage, monitor, and optimise nature-based restoration projects. It transforms complex environmental datasets into actionable insights that streamline project execution, ensure compliance, and maximise ecological and commercial returns.
We help landholders, carbon developers, and financial institutions assess land, plan restoration activities, source species, track progress, and meet compliance requirements - all in one place.
Whether you're looking to restore degraded land, participate in carbon markets, or integrate environmental outcomes with agricultural productivity, grovia provides the data, tools, and workflows to make it easy, cost-effective, and transparent.
grovia and AirSeed work hand-in-hand to deliver scalable, data-driven land restoration. grovia is the digital intelligence platform that powers the planning, monitoring, and compliance side of environmental projects. AirSeed is the implementation arm, delivering restoration on the ground using drones and proprietary seed pod biotechnology. You can find out more on the Airseed website.
While grovia integrates seamlessly with AirSeed’s planting services (drone-based planting and biotechnology), you are not required to use AirSeed if you choose grovia. Likewise, AirSeed clients are not required to use grovia—though the platform offers valuable support for planning, monitoring, and reporting.
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grovia is currently focused on supporting projects within Australia, but our team is actively working on expanding our reach internationally.We're building the tools, data integrations, and compliance support needed to serve global markets—so stay tuned for updates as we grow!
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grovia is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, even if you have no technical or ecological background.The platform guides you step-by-step through each stage of your project—whether you're assessing land, planning planting activities, or generating compliance reports.
We've built grovia to make complex processes simple, with easy-to-use tools, smart defaults, and clear explanations along the way.So whether you're a landholder exploring carbon opportunities for the first time or a project manager coordinating a large-scale restoration portfolio, you can confidently use grovia without any technical expertise.
And if you ever need support, our team is here to help.
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We’re here to make your experience as smooth as possible.
For new users, our platform includes helpful onboarding popups to guide you through key features and get you up to speed quickly. You’ll also find in-line and contextual help throughout the platform—just hover or click to learn more about specific tools, terms, or functionality as you go.
If you need further assistance, we’re always happy to help! You can reach out via our contact page or email us directly at contact@grovia.earth.
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The land assessment module assesses your project area to measure property values and identify risks. This includes, for example, major vegetation groups, slope, tenure, and other attributes that would influence a planting project.
If it’s a carbon project, it will help you assess the carbon potential and potential financial value, by outlining the Carbon Estimation Area (CEA). A CEA is the area within a project where the project or carbon management activity takes place. CEAs are the area where carbon will be stored, and for which Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) are issued.
To assess your property, you have to provide 3 things: The property boundary, the project area and exclusion zones.
1. First, you are asked to draw your property boundary. The Property Boundary indicates the entire parcel of land that you own, lease or have a legal right to undertake a carbon project on.
2. Next step is to draw the Project Area, which is the area on your property within which your carbon project will operate.
3. Lastly, you have to indicate the exclusion zones if applicable to your project. Exclusion Zones are areas of land within the Project Area that do not contribute to the abatement of a carbon project, including but not limited to buildings, rocky outcrops, or any other areas you wish to exclude from your project.
Note that the assessment results will automatically exclude roads and areas of existing woody cover.
Seed Requests allows you to find and request seeds based on suitable species, to help you meet your planting timelines. We need a few details from you that will help optimise your seeds request:
Generating the species list
Upon creating a new seeds request for a project (either existing or new), a list of suitable species will be provided to help narrow down your search. There are two ways this species list can be generated.
- From Project Location: this option outputs a list of suitable species based on your project location. The species provided are native to and naturally occur in the region of your project. You can choose an existing project (from land assessment) or select a brand new location. Don’t worry if you are unsure of the exact project boundary yet - we take a tile of Australia where the property lies and output the species that are native to and naturally occur in the wider area.
- Select Own Species: this option is available for users who already have a suite of species in mind for planting. You can search and select from an entire database of Australia’s native plant species.
Date seeds are required
Selecting the date that seeds will be required by your planting team will help us when liaising with seed suppliers on your behalf.It is important to order seeds well in advance, as suppliers only stock certain species at certain times of the year. Selecting an accurate date is particularly important if you have a clear idea of the species you wish to plant. Sourcing appropriate seed for a project can take up to a few months.
Additional information
For some planting projects, information related to the seed batch that you are purchasing is important. This information informs best practices for seed germination.
Indicating whether or not you require this additional information will help us determine which seed suppliers to liaise with on your behalf. This is because not all seed suppliers have this information on-hand for all seed batches, or the supplier may not treat or test the seeds themselves.
- Seed Treatment
Any physical or chemical technique applied to seeds that is required to break seed dormancy and facilitate water uptake for germination.
- Seed Viability
The inherent ability of a seed to germinate under suitable conditions. Germination testing is one method to determine the viability of a seed batch.
- Seed Provenance
The origin of the seed batch. Where, geographically, the parent plant grows and from which seeds are collected.
Selecting Species & Seed Quantity
Selecting your desired species and their seed quantities will differ based on the way the species list was generated.
- From Project Location
If you have opted to have a list of suitable species generated for you, you can select desired species by using the search bar. A suite of filters have been pre-applied to help narrow down your species search. You can change these filters according to your project needs.
- Select Own Species
Use the search bar to find and select the species you wish to plant from an entire database of Australia’s native plant species.
Seed Availability
To help narrow down your search, an indication of seed availability is shown for all species. Species are categorised as either more frequently available, less frequently available or unknown availability. Seed availability is based on how many Australian seed suppliers have had stock for this species in the past, and should be used as an indication of potential supply only.
Note - While you can request seeds for species with ‘unknown availability,’ please be aware that additional research will be undertaken by our team to source these seeds on your behalf. However, the likelihood of suppliers stocking such species is low. For all species, regardless of availability status, seed sourcing is not guaranteed, as availability is seasonal and subject to change.
Submitting your request
Once submitted, you will receive an email with a copy of your request. At this point, an Airseed team member will liaise with seed suppliers on your behalf to source the species, quantity of seed, and any additional information you have requested. We will be in contact to discuss your options should suppliers be unable to fulfil your request within your desired timeframe. You may edit your request from the Seed Requests landing page, or by contacting grovia.
Seed suppliers near you
A list of seed suppliers collecting and/or operating in your region will be provided upon submission of your seeds request. Airseed will prioritise the sourcing of seeds from local suppliers wherever possible, providing you with the most appropriate seed available for your project.
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A carbon project enables a landholder to generate carbon credits and income for every tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂-e) emissions the project stores sequesters (stores) in trees and soils or is abated (avoided) by the carbon emissions avoided such as reduction in savanna burning. A carbon project type is determined by an underlying methodology. A methodology determination (method) is a set of requirements and rules for running a project under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme. There various methods under the ACCU Scheme. Vegetation-method projects remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as carbon in vegetation via photosynthesis.
An Environmental Planting carbon project involves establishment and maintenance a permanent forest of native and local tree, shrub and ground cover species on land that has been cleared for at least 5 years which is a minimum of 0.2 hectare, at least 2 metres in height with a crown cover of greater than 20% by the Carbon Farming Initiative Act 2011.
Plantation Forests are stands of trees created by the regular placement of seedlings or seeds, and involves establishing, expanding or continuing a plantation for wood products and carbon sequestration for either 25 or 100 years.
A Human-Induced Restoration project introduces new land management practices to regenerate native forests that had previously been cleared for agriculture. These practices help native forests regrow where they were previously suppressed by grazing or clearing.
A Soil Carbon Farming project involves storing carbon by increasing the amount of organic matter in the soil as a direct result of changes in property management such as grazing and pasture management.
Note: grovia currently only supports land assessments for Environmental Planting (EP) carbon projects.
Environmental Planting (EP) is a vegetation-based carbon method that allows landholders to generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by restoring native flora on cleared land[1]. EP projects involve the planting and maintenance of native and local plant species that represent various growth forms such as trees, shrubs and understory plants (hereafter referred to as biodiverse plantings).The method is administered by the Clean Energy Regulator, with detailed eligibility and compliance requirements outlined in legislation[2].
[1] Areas designated for planting under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee planting method must not have had forest cover within the past 5 years. Furthermore, all CER carbon projects that involve establishing vegetation on land require that there must not have been clearing of any native forest within the 7 years of lodging the application (5 years if the land has changed ownership since the clearing). grovia’s initial assessment flags the likelihood that a property may encounter issues with eligibility if the project was to progress. grovia recommends that a site visit and further investigation is required to ground-truth these results.
[2] Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings - FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2024), Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (the CFI Act), Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015.
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