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Lacandón – Forest for Life REDD+ Project

The Lacandón project covers over 200,000 hectares of Sierra Lacandón National Park and runs on a 30-year crediting period from 2012 to 2042.

Sierra Lacandón National Park, La Libertad and Las Cruces municipalities, Petén, GuatemalaNational park forestVerra VCS + CCB
OperatorFundación Defensores de la Naturaleza with Unión Maya Itzá, La Lucha and La Técnica Agropecuaria cooperatives, OroVerde and South Pole Carbon Asset Management
EcosystemNational park forest
StandardVerra VCS + CCB
StatusActive
LocationSierra Lacandón National Park, La Libertad and Las Cruces municipalities, Petén, Guatemala
Overview

Inside the project

Its proponents are a mix of forestry cooperatives (Unión Maya Itzá, La Lucha, La Técnica Agropecuaria) working alongside the German conservation NGO OroVerde, Guatemala's Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, and South Pole as carbon-asset manager.

The project runs avoided-deforestation accounting against a 2000-2010 baseline, with incentive payments and forest-recovery work on 700 hectares.

206268.71 ha
Project area
7,166,267
Total carbon credits (30-year)
700 ha
Community incentive recovery

Objectives

  • Reduce CO2 emissions from deforestation and degradation against a 2000-2010 baseline
  • Recover 700 ha through incentive payments to communities

Approach

  • Avoided-deforestation accounting under Verra VCS+CCB over a 30-year (2012-2042) crediting period, managed by South Pole Carbon Asset Management.

Sources

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  1. reddprojectsdatabase.org ↗https://www.reddprojectsdatabase.org/180-lacandon-forest-for-life-redd-project/

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