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Chocó-Darién Conservation Corridor REDD+ Project
By its own description, this is the first conservation project in the world to receive carbon credits for protecting community-owned forests: 13,465 hectares of rainforest near the Panama border held under collective title by COCOMASUR.
OperatorCOCOMASUR (Consejo Comunitario Mayor del Río Tolo y Zona Costera Sur), developed with Anthrotect S.A.S. and Fondo Acción
EcosystemCommunity-titled rainforest
StandardVerra VCS (methodology VM0009), CCB Gold Level
StatusActive
LocationAcandí, Darién region, Chocó, Colombia
Overview
Inside the project
Developed with the firm Anthrotect and the environmental fund Fondo Acción, the project reached VCS certification in November 2012 with CCB Gold-level co-benefits, issuing its first verified credit batch of 124,497 tonnes that same month.
By its developers' figures the project has since created more than 40 full- and part-time community jobs, most senior administrative roles held by women.
13,465 ha
Project area
2,800,000 tCO2
Total credits
91,557 t/yr
Average annual credits
40+
Community jobs created
Objectives
- Protect 13,465 ha of community-owned forest
- Generate carbon credits for the community land-owning council
- Create community jobs, mostly held by women in senior roles
Approach
- REDD+ under Verra VCS (VM0009) and CCB Gold Level, held under collective land title and developed with Anthrotect and Fondo Acción.
Sources
Inspect 3 sources
- verra.org ↗https://verra.org/choco-darien-what-projects-can-and-cannot-achieve/
- anthrotect.com ↗https://anthrotect.com/es/choco-darien.html
- ecosystemmarketplace.com ↗https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/colombia-launches-ground-breaking-br-redd-project-on-collective-lands/
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