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Alto Huayabamba REDD+

An Andean-Amazon REDD+ project in San Martin, Peru, built around a conservation concession that combines avoided deforestation with forest protection.

San Martin, Andean-Amazon, PeruAndean-Amazon montane and premontane forestVerra VCS (project 1882) plus CCB
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OperatorAlto Huayabamba Conservation Concession holder (AMPA-linked)
EcosystemAndean-Amazon montane and premontane forest
StandardVerra VCS (project 1882) plus CCB
StatusActive
LocationSan Martin, Andean-Amazon, Peru
Overview

Inside the project

Alto Huayabamba is an avoided-deforestation and conservation project in the Andean-Amazon region of San Martin, Peru.

It is organised around the Alto Huayabamba Conservation Concession; Verra's registry names the Peruvian association Amazónicos por la Amazonía (AMPA) as proponent.

The project is registered under Verra's VCS programme with CCB certification.

As viewed in September 2026, Verra's registry lists VCS 1882 as registered on 31 July 2019, covering 53,410 hectares of forest within a 143,928-hectare concession, with all 316,458 issued units retired.

53,410 ha
Project area (Verra registry)
143,928 ha
Conservation concession (registry description)
316,458 VCUs
Issued, all retired (Verra registry, Sept 2026)

Objectives

  • Protect montane Andean-Amazon forest within the conservation concession.
  • Reduce deforestation pressure at the agricultural frontier.
  • Support surrounding communities through the concession and carbon finance.

Approach

  • A legally granted conservation concession provides the tenure basis for protection.
  • REDD+ crediting is verified under VCS against a modelled deforestation baseline.
  • As with other REDD+ concessions, the avoided-deforestation figure is a methodology-dependent estimate rather than a measured counterfactual.

Published documents

Academic study: Action needed to make carbon offsets from tropical forest conservation work for climate change mitigation →Independent evaluation: REDD+ projects falling far short of claimed carbon cuts, study finds →Monitoring report: REDD+ Project in the Alto Huayabamba Conservation Concession, Verra registry page (VCS 1882) →

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. hamerkop.co ↗https://www.hamerkop.co/blog/10-years-of-redd
  2. registry.verra.org ↗https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1882

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