Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  122
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Carbon Sequestration in Small and Medium Farms in the Brunca Region, Costa Rica
• Secondary name
  COOPEAGRI Project
• Country
  Costa Rica
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2023
• Size (in hectare)
  892
• Start year
  2006
• End year
  2066
• Duration
  60
• Project description
  As part of the proposed A/R CDM project activity, farmers associated with COOPEAGRI will introduce forestry activities in their privately owned farms. The A/R CDM project will be distributed over three activities: agroforestry systems, assisted natural regeneration and forest plantations. The promotion of diverse land uses in the project area implies that farmers will maintain good levels of incomes and food security, but also that it will favor the production of environmental services. The expected benefits of the proposed A/R project activity are: biodiversity conservation, local employment, prevention of land degradation, improved GHG removals through the increase of biomass carbon pools.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : San José
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Canton : Pérez Zeledón

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2032
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  176050
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CH4
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CDM

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41176
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/d/v/XNJEAQVPHZ7KIMY0G4O8STU36FWR2C.pdf/Validation%20report%20coopeagri.pdf?t=ZFF8cWhrMzR3fDCA3g_knwaRfCU5Fvun55AA
• 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
  http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/AENOR1349188271.57/view; Accessed Jun 2023 https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P094155; Accessed Jun 2023

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Unclear
• Monetary benefit detail
  Local employment: The project will provide employment opportunities for local men and women through site restoration, planting, weeding, tending, thinning, protection, harvesting, and nursery management. Direct cash: To help to (partly) alleviate this barrier, payments offered to farmers participating in the proposed CDM A/R project activity are distributed over five years, but with 70 percent of the total frontloaded in the first two years.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No