Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  179
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Empresas Públicas de Medellin REDD+ Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Colombia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  5648
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellin) is a very large Colombian utility provider. Its REDD+ project aims to ensure the protection of natural forests (under its ownership) surrounding its Miraflores, Riogrande I Porce II and Porce III hydroelectric project reservoirs (5,648 hectares) in order to achieve the climate change mitigation commitments outlined in its corporate environmental policy. It will accomplish this through the strengthening of the following activities: - Monitoring and surveillance; - Planting of trees - Promotion of reforestation for timber and firewood, silvihorticulture, sustainable agroforestry or silvopasture; - Efficient stove program; - Environmental education program and proposed biological corridor. Part of EPM's objective in inititiating the project is to secure the water supply to its reservoirs by protecting its forests.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, illegal logging, local livelihoods, mining
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR|IFM|REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department : Antioquia
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : Amalfi, Guadalupe, and Anori

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2031
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  109242
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41610
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2013/04/05/empresas-publicas-de-medellin-redd-project/
• 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://www.climate-standards.org/2013/04/05/empresas-publicas-de-medellin-redd-project/; https://s3.amazonaws.com/CCBA/Projects/Empresas+Publicas+deMedillin+REDD%2B+Project/Validation/PDD_REDD_CCB_EPM_Inclusi%C3%B3n_de_CARs_Septiembre23_2013+(1).pdf; http://www.climate-standards.org/2013/04/05/empresas-publicas-de-medellin-redd-project/ https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/CCB/1615

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  ND
• Monetary benefit type
  ND
• Monetary benefit detail
  ND
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | fuel efficient stoves | plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes