Avoided Deforestation in the Coffee Forest in El Salvador (Fideicomiso Cafe y Ambiente)
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Multisectoral Investment Bank(BMI) | ND | El Salvador | Public |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
EcoSecurities | ND | El Salvador | |
Salvadoran Coffee Council | ND | El Salvador | ND |
The Foundation for Agricultural Technological Innovation (FIAGRO) | ND | El Salvador | NGO/private non for profit |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID118
- Project status 2022Ended
- Project nameAvoided Deforestation in the Coffee Forest in El Salvador (Fideicomiso Cafe y Ambiente)
- Secondary nameCoffee and Environment Initiative
- CountryEl Salvador
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)70000
- Start year2008
- End year2023
- Duration16
- Project descriptionThe project is a mechanism that looks to stop the deforestation of coffee forest, which every year loses area due to the economic problems suffered by the coffee growers. The project is an initiative of the national coffee sector with the support of the Multisectorial Investment Bank (Banco Multisectorial de Inversiones - BMI), and is based on the commitment to the no-deforestation nor change in the use of the soil for land that presently is covered by the coffee forest, which includes around 160 thousand hectares, belonging to close to 19,000 coffee producers who have credits with FICAFE and FINSAGRO. For the carbon project, BMI has set up a trust fund, the FIDECAM, which will give an economic incentive to the coffee growers by reducing their yearly costs of debts by up to 30%. In turn the growers will assume the commitment of not cutting the forest and maintain the coffee activity, stopping the actual rate of deforestation and change in the use of the coffee forest, this will lessen the emission of the GHG of the area that will be not deforested and will maintain the carbon stock.
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2social development
- Objective 3climate
- Deforestation driverslocal livelihoods
- Type of forestND
- Project activityREDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityNA
- Multiple locations?Yes
- Jurisdiction level 1Departments : Ahuachapán, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, La Libertad, San Salvador, La Paz, Cuscatlán, San Vicente, Usulután, San Miguel and Morazán
- Jurisdiction level 2Multiple locations
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2008-2023
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits6692738
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1CCB
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date40387
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttp://www.climate-standards.org/2008/10/22/avoided-deforestation-in-the-coffee-forest-in-el-salvador/
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2internal
- Carbon standard 2 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3none
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationCDM PDD 2008: https://s3.amazonaws.com/CCBA/Projects/Avoided_Deforestation_in_the_Coffee_Forest_in_El_Salvador/ficafe_PDD_v06.pdf; Accessed Jun 2023
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Check
- Monetary benefit typeConditional
- Monetary benefit detailPayments come in the form of 30% debt reduction for farmers who agree to not clear forests on their land.
- Provides employment?ND
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagroforestry | micro-credits
- Is there tenure clarification?Yes
- Is there environmental education?No
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?No
- Is there forest enhancement?No
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?ND
- Is there other community benefits?ND