Sabah INFAPRO Rainforest Rehabilitation Project
INFAPRO is one of the longest-running forest rehabilitation efforts in Sabah, restoring more than 25,000 hectares of logged-over dipterocarp rainforest since its inception. Developed by Face the Future in cooperation with Yayasan Sabah, it is registered with Verra under the Verified Carbon Standard.
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Inside the project
The project has planted over two million trees across the rehabilitation area and, as of March 2026, began issuing carbon removal credits that its buyer describes as among the highest-rated Improved Forest Management projects globally.
It is registered with Verra under the Verified Carbon Standard, under the name 'INFAPRO Rehabilitation of Logged-over Dipterocarp Forest in Sabah, Malaysia.'
Objectives
- Restore more than 25,000 ha of logged-over dipterocarp rainforest
- Plant over 2,000,000 trees
- Sequester more than 1,500,000 tCO2e
Approach
- Registered with Verra's Verified Carbon Standard as an Improved Forest Management project, with credits issued from March 2026 following independent verification.
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- climateimpact.com ↗https://www.climateimpact.com/news-insights/news/sabah-rainforest-rehabilitation-project-begins-issuing-high-quality-carbon-credits-from-one-of-the-worlds-highest-rated-ifm-projects/
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