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Accounting Academy

MODULE 1: Fundamentals

MODULE 2: Calculations

MODULE 3: Batch Partitioning & LCA

MODULE 4: Mass Balance with Ledgers

MODULE 5: Integration Testing

MODULE 6: Advanced Patterns & Production

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mangrovesystems.com/llms.txt

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What you’ll learn in this lesson:
  • Describe the 4 stages of the carbon data lifecycle (collection, processing, verification, issuance)
  • Identify the 8 core Mangrove components (defined in Production Accounting and Reporting Fundamentals)
  • Explain how data flows from operational activity to verified credits
This lesson introduces the end-to-end flow of carbon data in Mangrove and the core components you will use to build production accounting.

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The lifecycle of carbon data

Carbon data in Mangrove follows a clear path from operational activity to verified credits.

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Collection

Collection is the first stage — operational data is gathered from across the project boundary and brought into Mangrove. Projects aggregate datapoints from many sources:
  • Meters and sensors
  • Manual entry and spreadsheets
  • Integrated systems via data inputs and ingestion pathways
The data parameters you need to collect are defined by your production and quantification models and often align with the monitoring tables in your carbon methodology.
Examples: feedstock quantities, energy usage, sequestration rates, transportation distances, baseline or calibration data.

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Processing

Processing is where raw data becomes production accounting. Aggregated data is run through a data flow of production and quantification models to generate calculated outputs and production batches. Each batch contains:
  • The calculations and MRV data supporting that batch’s carbon activity
  • Links to source data inputs and evidence
Production models handle operational calculations. Quantification models apply LCA and methodology-specific logic to produce net carbon accounting. Together, they form a digital version of your methodology.

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Verification

Verification is where a third-party auditor reviews the project’s submission. In Mangrove, reporting produces structured reports that meet value stream and registry requirements.

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Issuance

Issuance is when a registry reviews the verified report and issues credits to the project’s inventory. Mangrove supports credit inventory management so you can track forecasts and issued credits in one place.

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Mangrove components

The lifecycle is implemented through a set of core components. The diagram shows how Projects, Events, Datapoints, Evidence, Models, Batches, and Ledgers support production accounting, and how Reports carry results through verification to issuance. For full definitions, take a moment to go through Production Accounting Fundamentals (Project, Event, Datapoint, Evidence, Model, Batch, Ledger) and Reporting Fundamentals (Report and the verification-to-issuance flow).

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Check your understanding

Collection → Processing → Verification → Issuance. Raw operational data is collected, processed through models to generate batches, verified by a third party, and then credits are issued to inventory.
The Batch. See Production Accounting Fundamentals for the full definition.
Production models handle operational calculations; quantification models apply methodology-specific carbon accounting. See Production Accounting Fundamentals for full definitions.
In the next lesson you will see how methodology concepts (activity data, emission factors, quantification equations) map onto these components.