Belize Maya Forest REDD+ Project
The Nature Conservancy and the Belize Maya Forest Trust protect forest in Belize's Orange Walk District that was threatened by conversion to agriculture, under a Verra REDD+ project (VCS 3960) with a 40-year crediting period.
Inside the project
Verra's registry describes the Belize Maya Forest Carbon Project as a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Belize Maya Forest Trust: an avoided planned deforestation project of 87,041 hectares in north-west Belize that acquires and protects forest land threatened by agricultural conversion.
It is certified under the VCS and CCB standards with the VM0007 REDD methodology and a 40-year crediting period. The registry gives the project start as 10 December 2020; The Nature Conservancy's disclosure sheet gives 1 January 1994.
As viewed in September 2026, the registry lists VCS 3960 as registered on 14 November 2024, with a verification approval requested and no units issued yet.
Objectives
- Avoid forest conversion in Orange Walk district over a 40-year crediting period
Approach
- REDD+ under VCS-REDD methodology VM0007, disclosed via a formal AB1305 carbon-credit disclosure sheet.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- registry.verra.org ↗https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/3960
- nature.org ↗https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/belize-maya_ab1305.pdf
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