Lacandón – Forest for life REDD+ Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Unión Maya Itzá Cooperativ | ND | Guatemala | local communities/landowners/cooperatives |
Defensores de la Naturaleza Foundation | www.defensores.org.gt#http://www.defensores.org.gt# | Guatemala | NGO/private non for profit |
Defensores de la Naturaleza Foundation | www.defensores.org.gt#http://www.defensores.org.gt# | Guatemala | NGO/private non for profit |
La Lucha Cooperative | ND | Guatemala | local communities/landowners/cooperatives |
La Técnica Agropecuaria Cooperative | ND | Guatemala | local communities/landowners/cooperatives |
OroVerde | www.oroverde.de#http://www.oroverde.de# | Guatemala | NGO/private non for profit |
South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. (South Pole) | #http://www.southpolecarbon.com# #https://www.southpole.com/# | Guatemala | Private for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Guatemalan National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP) | ND | Guatemala | Public |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID180
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameLacandón – Forest for life REDD+ Project
- Secondary nameLacandón REDD+ Project
- CountryGuatemala
- Last IDRECCO update year2023
- Size (in hectare)206268.71
- Start yearND
- End year2042
- Duration30
- Project descriptionThe project activities have been designed as part of the REDD+ project with the intention ofreducing CO2 emissions from deforestation and degradation compared to baseline levels. The major goal of the project is to slow down the rate of forest loss together with the comunities, and forested land are converted to farmland and cattle ranches. Other specific threats have included petroleum exploration and associated road building, as well as organized illegal colonization other local partners. The project zone is current affected by deforestation, where large areas of
- Objective 1Climate
- Objective 2social development
- Objective 3biodiversity conservation
- Deforestation driversslash and burn agriculture |industrial agriculture or cattle ranching | illegal logging | illegal settlements | overextraction of resources natural resources
- Type of foresthumid
- Project activityARR|REDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityTree planting
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Department : Petén
- Jurisdiction level 2Municipality : La Libertad and Las Cruces
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2012-2042
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits7166267
- Leakage is expected?yes
- Carbon pools includedAbove ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Other
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start year2000
- Reference period end year2010
- Carbon standard 1VCS
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date42565
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinks#http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/#/project_details/1541#
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2CCB
- Carbon standard 2 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 2 Publication date42529
- Carbon standard 2 Weblinkshttp://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/
- 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 informationUpdated using PDD from Verra https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=45694&IDKEY=alksjoiuwqowrnoiuomnckjashoufifmln902309ksdflku098o63012026 | http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/lacand%C3%B3n-forests-life; http://www.bosques-lacandon.org/en/the-pilot-project-in-guatemala.html; http://www.bosques-lacandon.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletter/Newsletter_II_en_small.pdf; About financing: http://www.international-climate-initiative.com/fileadmin/Dokumente/201308-project_list-biodiversity.pdf; About cooperation agreements: http://www.bosques-lacandon.org/en/strengthening-development.html; http://www.climate-standards.org/2015/12/28/lacandon-forest-for-life-redd-project/
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Check
- Monetary benefit typeUnclear
- Monetary benefit detailIncentive payments (including cash, planting materials, and technical assistance) to communities living in national park to conserve and recover 700 ha of forest |
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagriculture | micro-credits | tree planting
- Is there tenure clarification?No
- 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?No
- Is there other community benefits?Yes