Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  117
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Rio Bravo Climate Action Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Belize
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  6296
• Start year
  1996
• End year
  2021
• Duration
  26
• Project description
  The project will reduce GHG emissions through the acquisition and protection of forest lands threatened by agricultural conversion. Over the life of the project, the area will continue to be protected from deforestation. Selective logging will take place within a restricted area of the project during the life of the project. Avoidance of deforestation will take place through the purchase of land that would have been sold to industrial scale agricultural farmers. Program for Belize staff will monitor the area through ground surveys and communications with surrounding communities to prevent degradation through illegal logging. Smartwood Certified selective logging will take place in the project scenario. Detailed logging plans will be created to minimize the impact of selective logging. No additional roads will be built within the project area. The selective logging conducted will be actively monitored and certified by Smartwood (FSC). When first established in 1994 the Rio Bravo Carbon Sequestration project was the first carbon project of any kind in Belize. It was designed and implemented with the explicit goal of demonstrating how REDD projects could attract private capital through a market based incentive program (carbon offsets). On February 3, 1995, The Rio Bravo Carbon Sequestration project was accepted by the United States Initiative for Joint Implementation Secretariat.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  timber production
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  District : Orange Walk
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Not Applicable

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2002-2021
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  2012-2021
• Annual carbon credits
  11756.6
• Total carbon credits
  117566
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Deadwood
• Gasses included
  CH4 | N2O
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40878
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/852
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  none
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  none
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  VCS project website: https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/852 VCS deed of verification 2022: https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=70383&IDKEY=nq934lkmsad39asjdkfj90qlkalsdkngaf98ulkandDfdvDdfhj97058157

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  ND
• Monetary benefit type
  ND
• Monetary benefit detail
  ND
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  No
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  No
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No