Reforestation & agroforestryEarly stage
Pomeroon Trading Coconut Agroforestry & Mangrove Restoration
Pomeroon Trading, a subsidiary of KlimatX, leased a 1,200-hectare government farm site in the Coronie District in 2023 to combine coconut and hardwood agroforestry with carbon-offset ambitions.
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Mangrove langs de Commewijne, 1. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Location context · Ymnes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2022 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorPomeroon Trading (a KlimatX company), with Silvestrum Climate Associates
EcosystemCoconut agroforestry and mangrove
Standardnone yet (Verra pipeline-listing documentation submitted, not registered)
StatusEarly stage
LocationCoronie District (agroforestry) and Coronie/Commewijne Districts (mangrove restoration), Suriname
Overview
Inside the project
The company works with the blue-carbon specialist firm Silvestrum Climate Associates on both the agroforestry site and separate mangrove-restoration planning across Coronie and Commewijne districts.
2023 was the year it started a coconut seedling nursery and began tree planting, while submitting initial documentation for Verra pipeline listing.
1,200 ha
Leased farm site
Objectives
- Combine coconut and hardwood agroforestry on 1,200 ha
- Plan mangrove restoration across Coronie and Commewijne districts
Approach
- Coconut and hardwood agroforestry combined with mangrove-restoration planning, working toward Verra pipeline listing.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- initiative20x20.org ↗https://initiative20x20.org/restoration-projects/building-coconut-agroforestry-systems-suriname
- climatechampions.unfccc.int ↗https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/race-to-resilience-in-action-replacing-degraded-land-in-suriname-with-sustainable-coconut-farms/
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