The Paraguay Forest Conservation Project - Reduction of GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Chaco-Pantanal ecosystem

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Guyra Paraguay#http://www.guyra.org.py/#ParaguayNGO/private non for profit
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations Ltd.#http://www.swire.com.sg/#ParaguayPrivate for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Unión de Comunidades de la Nación Yshir (UCINY)NDParaguayPublic
World Land Trust(WLT)#http://www.worldlandtrust.org/#ParaguayNGO/private non for profit

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    158
  • Project status 2022
    Ongoing
  • Project name
    The Paraguay Forest Conservation Project - Reduction of GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Chaco-Pantanal ecosystem
  • Secondary name
  • Country
    Paraguay
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    4745
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2031
  • Duration
    20
  • Project description
    The project goal is to conserve the natural and cultural qualities, including the stored carbon, of forest lands in the Chaco-Pantanal transition zone of Alto Paraguay, of high conservation value but threatened with transformation to cattle ranching. Private holdings that are legally available for ranching development are targeted, particularly those that help maintain ecological connectivity in the general context of on-going fragmentation and isolation at a landscape level. The strategy is to purchase available properties in partnership (co-ownership and management) with local communities, with legal safeguards to ensure permanence of conservation management regime. It is a grouped project with an initial project instance consisting of the purchase of a 4,745 ha property, undertaken in partnership with the Union de Comunidades de la Nación Yshir (UCINY) representing the Yshir indigenous community. Further project instances will replicate this basic approach.
  • Objective 1
    climate
  • Objective 2
    biodiversity conservation
  • Objective 3
    social development
  • Deforestation drivers
    industrial agriculture or cattle ranching
  • Type of forest
    humid
  • Project activity
    REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    NA
  • Multiple locations?
    No
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Department : Alto Paraguay
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    District : Bahia Negra and Fuerte Olimpo

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    2011-2031
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    198238
  • Leakage is expected?
    yes
  • Carbon pools included
    Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | other
  • Gasses included
    CH4 | CO2
  • Reference period start year
    1999
  • Reference period end year
    2010
  • Carbon standard 1
    CCB

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    certified
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    42530
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    http://www.climate-standards.org/2010/06/21/the-paraguay-forest-conservation-project-reduction-of-ghg-emissions-from-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-in-the-chaco-pantanal-ecosystem/
  • Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2
    VCS
  • Carbon standard 2 Progress
    certified
  • Carbon standard 2 Publication date
    42305
  • Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
    https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/953
  • 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
    https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/953; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=953&lat=-19.425592&lon=-58.834586&bp=1 (not accessible as of September 2020); http://www.climate-standards.org/2010/06/21/the-paraguay-forest-conservation-project-reduction-of-ghg-emissions-from-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-in-the-chaco-pantanal-ecosystem/; http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/#/project_details/953 (not accessible as of September 2020)

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    Yes
  • Monetary benefit type
    Non-conditional
  • Monetary benefit detail
    SPO will pay $1/yr./ha to indigenous community for 20 year lifetime of project for community development activities decided by the community.
  • Provides employment?
    ND
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    ND
  • 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?
    Yes