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Tambopata-Bahuaja REDD+ Project

In the buffer zone between Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, the Peruvian NGO AIDER, working with the national park service SERNANP and more than 300 farmers organised in the Tambopata Candamo Cooperative, has planted one million fine aromatic cacao trees.

Buffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Madre de Dios, PeruBuffer-zone forest and agroforestryVerra VCS + CCB (Gold Level), VCS project 1067
OperatorAIDER (Asociación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Integral), with SERNANP and Cooperativa Tambopata Candamo, funded by Althelia Ecosphere
EcosystemBuffer-zone forest and agroforestry
StandardVerra VCS + CCB (Gold Level), VCS project 1067
StatusActive
LocationBuffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru
Overview

Inside the project

The cacao planting is the centrepiece of a VCS+CCB Gold-level REDD+ project funded in part by Althelia Ecosphere.

The developer's stated aim combines biodiversity conservation across a 591,119-hectare protection area with an economic alternative to the mining and agricultural land-use change driving deforestation in the buffer zone.

Verra's registry names AIDER as proponent of VCS 1067 under an administration contract with the Peruvian State for Tambopata National Reserve and the Madre de Dios sector of Bahuaja-Sonene National Park; as viewed in September 2026 it shows 4,874,608 units issued and 4,595,293 retired, with a verification approval requested.

591,119 ha
Protection area
1,000,000
Cacao trees planted
4,000 ha
Agroforestry target by 2020
300+
Farmers in the cooperative

Objectives

  • Plant cacao agroforestry as an alternative to deforestation drivers
  • Conserve biodiversity across the 591,119 ha buffer-zone protection area

Approach

  • REDD+ under Verra VCS+CCB Gold Level, combined with buffer-zone cacao agroforestry to offer an alternative livelihood to deforestation drivers.

Published documents

Monitoring report: Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Verra registry page (VCS 1067) →

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. registry.verra.org ↗https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1067
  2. actualidadambiental.pe ↗https://www.actualidadambiental.pe/plantan-un-millon-de-arboles-en-tambopata-y-bahuaja-sonene-para-frenar-deforestacion/

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