U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved Santa Cruz activity; not equated to VCS 2842 area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗Mangrove & blue carbonRegistration requested
BlueMX Aztlán Blue Carbon Project
BlueMX’s Nayarit restoration sits within a wider Mexico mangrove programme. This Overview brings together the operator’s work, a public Santa Cruz restoration grant and the VCS record while keeping each area and activity distinct.
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Regional context image of Marismas Nacionales, 25 November 2025; it does not delineate or verify BlueMX activity plots.Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 · European UnionImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorBlueMX Mangrove A.C. and Blue Carbon Projects, LLC
EcosystemMangrove and tidal wetland
StandardVerra VCS 2842 · VM0033 v2.1
StatusRegistration requested
LocationNayarit, Mexico
Beyond the filing
4 source perspectivesProject in the wider record
BlueMX’s public reporting spans a Mexican portfolio, a Nayarit grant and the specific VCS 2842 design. These sources describe related work but do not share one area denominator.
Related Santa Cruz grant · planned quantities, separate from the VCS area
Hydrological rehabilitation in the same approved grant; planned, not measured completion
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗Local training in the Santa Cruz grant; no completed training count established
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗Operator portfolioBlueMX Mangrove ↗
Describes restoration across several Mexican states and a separate Aztlán conservation initiative.
Portfolio and conservation areas cannot be assigned to this VCS restoration filing.Public grant recordU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗
Approved a named BlueMX Mangrove activity in Ejido Santa Cruz y Anexas with channel work and training.
The grant and VCS 2842 may overlap, but their boundaries have not been joined.Operator supportMa Earth ↗
Describes BlueMX’s community-led restoration and monitored hydrology, vegetation and social outcomes.
Operator-wide description; it does not publish outcomes for VCS 2842.Project filingVerra VCS 2842 ↗
Lists six initial restoration instances in Nayarit and registration requested.
Filed design and registry state are distinct from completed restoration.Public filing
Read Project Design →Design at a glance
Area and carbon values retain their own scope and evidence state. Modelled removals are forecasts.
Overview
Inside the project
BlueMX describes conservation and restoration work across four Mexican states. The Aztlán mangrove conservation initiative it names for Nayarit is separate from this VCS 2842 restoration filing.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant names BlueMX Mangrove A.C. for hydrological rehabilitation and local training in Ejido Santa Cruz y Anexas. The grant’s activity area must not be assumed to equal the VCS activity-instance boundary.
The registry shows registration requested and zero issued credits. Its area, crediting end, annual estimate and Ejido count differ from the public PDD; the Project Design view keeps both readings visible.
Objectives
- Restore tidal exchange and mangrove cover
- Work through Ejido and community agreements
- Measure vegetation, biomass and soil carbon under the filed monitoring plan
Approach
- Rehabilitate channels and build raised chinampas
- Plant native mangroves and disperse propagules
- Use annual field plots and soil sampling for future monitoring
Sources
Inspect 4 sources
- registry.verra.org ↗https://registry.verra.org/verra/public/program/VCS/projects/2842
- bluemx.org ↗https://bluemx.org/project-areas/
- fws.gov ↗https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-08/north-american-wetlands-conservation-act-approved-projects-2025-2_0.pdf
- maearth.com ↗https://maearth.com/bluemxmangrove/8c30802d
Sources disagree on this project; both accounts are given above.
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