Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project

Sustainable forest management helps protect endangered rainforest and the wildlife.

Category: Trees and farms • Country: Peru

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The area where the project is located has one of the richest biodiversity in the world.

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Overview

What is it all about?

The Peruvian Amazon is in great danger of deforestation especially since the construction of the interoceanic road that goes through this area. Previously there was no adequate protection from illegal loggers. Therefore the aim of the project is to dramatically reduce deforestation by increasing surveillance in the rainforest.

show allThe project consists of 100,000 hectares of forest that is located in two timber concessions, less than 50 km to the side of the new interoceanic road in the region that belongs to the Vilcabamba-Amboró Ecological Corridor, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. show less

How does it work?

The project seeks to reduce the pressure on lands in the project area and its buffer zone and to guarantee the sustainable forest management in both timber concessions through the implementation of an avoided deforestation project that will help generate higher commercial resources for the management of the area. show all

The companies have to achieve a greater presence in their concessions to prevent the migration of farmers and illegal loggers that would cause the loss of large areas of forest land. The aim is to reduce the vulnerability of the project area from external factors of deforestation and land degradation through in field patrolling and satellite monitoring. show less

Social benefits

The project will contribute to the sustainable development of rural producers and indigenous communities living in the nearby areas - such as the Yine tribe, indigenous people in voluntary isolation of the Mashco Piro tribe and other tribes that exist in the area but have not yet been identified. show all

The project developers' aim is to increase the generation of work posts, the dynamism of the regional and local economy and significant financial resources will also be injected to small and medium-size entrepreneurs of the province.

A priority will be given to strengthening social organizations, improving the quality of basic education, supporting local initiatives for environmental education, organizing technical training courses for young people and so creating an environmental conservation culture. show less

Environmental benefits

Both concession areas are considered to be High Conservation Value Forests with extremely rich flora and fauna. show all

These sites have very important wildlife species and have been categorized as areas under conservation, where no wood extraction or forestry operations are allowed. In addition to that, collpas sites were also categorized as protected as well as all water courses and the buffer zones on both sides of them. show less

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Key project data

Verification standard:

CCBS Gold Level
Credits produced:

VER
Planned annual reduction:

900000 tCO2e

Endangered species of Madre de Dios

Common name	Scientific name
Blue-throated piping-guan	Pipile cumanensis
Giant anteater	Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Giant Armadillo	Priodontes maximus
Jaguar	Panthera onca
Razor-billed Curassow	Mitu tuberosum
Red-and-green Macaw	Ara chloropterus
Red howler Monkey	Alouatta seniculus
Sanborn's squirrel	Sciurus sanborni
Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao
South American Tapir	Tapirus terrestris
Cedar	Cedrela odorata
Leche caspi	Galactodendron utilisima
Mahogany	Swietenia macrophylla
Ojé	Ficus insipida

Participants and Milestones

Participants

Developer: Greenoxx NGO
Validator: Scientific Certifications System
Registry: Markit Environmental Registry
Carbon Credits Owner: Maderacre, Maderyja and Greenoxx NGO
Technical support: AIDER NGO, WWF, ProNaturaleza and CESVI

Milestones

30 May 2006 Project initiation:
02 December 2009 Validation was complete:
30 April 2010 Project was registered:
31 May 2010 First sale of carbon credits:

Location data

Location

Address: Madre de Dios, Tahuamanu Province, Peru

About the region

Wildlife

The region belongs to the Vilcabamba-Amboró Conservation Corridor, that stretches from the Vilcabamba mountain range in northern Peru to the Amboró National Park in Bolivia. It protects 30 million hectares of tropical forest in the Andes region creating a natural passageway for jaguars, peccaries, macaws, and giant anteaters.

Interesting facts

Besides agriculture, the main economic activity in the region is gold mining, causing serious environmental and health problems. Most gold miners use liquid mercury to extract gold particles from the river silt, which - after being vaporized - contaminates the surrounding ecosystems.

Madre de Dios is the least populous region within Peru

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Certificate Adobe PDF (157 KB) Description
Statement of CCB Standards Compliance