Paskaia (Mosquitia Reforestation)
Working with the Indigenous Miskito people of La Mosquitia, described in the project's own materials as home to Honduras' last significant primeval forest area, Paskaia combines new planting of native species with assisted natural regeneration.
OperatorPaskaia
EcosystemPrimeval forest and savanna
StandardPlan Vivo, PV Climate Version 4, project PV_2024_32
StatusActive
LocationLa Mosquitia, northeastern Honduras
Overview
Inside the project
Registered on Plan Vivo as project PV_2024_32 with a 20-year lifetime from November 2021, it has issued 194,283 Plan Vivo Credits to date across 350 participating families.
The project funds a community fire brigade that protects the regenerating forest from the burning that had previously converted much of the area to savanna.
350
Participating families
194,283
Plan Vivo Credits issued
Objectives
- Preserve and restore Honduras' last significant primeval forest area
- Fund a community fire brigade to prevent land-conversion burning
Approach
- New planting of native species such as mahogany and Caribbean pine combined with assisted natural regeneration, on municipal and private land.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- planvivo.org ↗https://www.planvivo.org/projects/paskaia-mosquita-honduras
- zeromission.se ↗https://zeromission.se/en/projects/paskaia-aterbeskogning-i-mosquitia-honduras/
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