Reforestation & agroforestryEarly stage

Green Samar

Green Samar is aDryada's restoration and protection project in Samar Island Natural Park, at 335,000 ha the largest terrestrial protected area in the Philippines. aDryada states the project scope as the restoration of 120,000 ha with native species.

Samar Island Natural Park, PhilippinesTropical rainforestVM0047 methodology (named by the developer)
Image credit
Lush trees of Matuguinao, Western Samar, Philippines 30 June 2020. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Location context · Ara Lorean B. Boller · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2020 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatoraDryada, with Samar BioSPV and DENR
EcosystemTropical rainforest
StandardVM0047 methodology (named by the developer)
StatusEarly stage
LocationSamar Island Natural Park, Philippines
Overview

Inside the project

aDryada describes the work as direct planting of native tree species, assisted natural regeneration and enrichment planting, under the VM0047-Abacus carbon methodology.

It expects 18 Mt of carbon removal units over 40 years starting in 2030, and names milestones from an MOU signed in May 2024, a positive feasibility study in March 2025 and a restoration launch in Q4 2025 to a carbon agreement in June 2026 and financial closing in December 2026.

120,000 ha
Restoration scope
18 Mt
Carbon removal units expected over 40 years
335,000 ha
Samar Island Natural Park

Objectives

  • Restore 120,000 ha with native species
  • Generate 18 Mt of carbon removal units over 40 years from 2030
  • Directly support more than 20,000 people

Approach

  • Direct planting of native tree species, assisted natural regeneration and enrichment planting.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. adryada.com ↗https://adryada.com/project/green-samar-philippines-restoration-and-protection/
  2. gmanetwork.com ↗https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/992488/denr-adryada-ink-deal-to-restore-120-000-hectares-of-samar-rainforest/story/

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