Agroforestry and forest restoration for ecological connectivity, poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Cerro San Gil, Caribbean Guatemala.
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Fundacion para el ecodesarrollo y la conservacion | #http://www.fundaeco.org.gt/# | Guatemala | NGO/private non for profit |
Livelihoods Fund SICAF SIV | #http://www.livelihoods.eu/# | Guatemala | Private for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Agresta S. Coop. | ND | Guatemala | Private for profit |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID183
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameAgroforestry and forest restoration for ecological connectivity, poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Cerro San Gil, Caribbean Guatemala.
- Secondary name
- CountryGuatemala
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)4000
- Start yearND
- End year2043
- Duration30
- Project descriptionThe Project will establish 4,000 hectares of Agroforestry Systems and Forest Plantations in community lands surrounding the remaining rainforests of this key protected area in Caribbean Guatemala, between the international Borders of Belize and Honduras; these forests are a vital link in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and the caribbean migratory funnel of Central America. The Cerro San Gil is the region´s largest and most bio-diverse tropical rainforest in Caribbean Guatemala. The remaining forests of this region are truly biodiversity treasures: phenomena of isolation and differentiated evolution took place in the coastal mountains of this region, which explains their amazing biological diversity and endemism. Although very close in distance, these forests present assemblages of biodiversity and endemic species that differentiate them. Due to deforestation, these forests have become “biological islands”, which must be protected and connected.
- Objective 1ND
- Objective 2social development
- Objective 3biodiversity conservation
- Deforestation driverslocal livelihoods
- Type of foresthumid
- Project activityARR
- Project TypeARR
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityagroforestry, plantation
- Multiple locations?Non
- Jurisdiction level 1Department : Izabal
- Jurisdiction level 2Municipality : Puerto Barrios
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2013-2043
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits1184981.42
- Leakage is expected?no
- Carbon pools includedAbove ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | Soil organic carbon
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start year2006
- Reference period end year2026
- Carbon standard 1VCS
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date42691
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=19987&IDKEY=0iofj09234rm9oq4jndsma80vcalksdjf98cxkjaf90823nmq3227562073
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2none
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- 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 informationhttp://www.livelihoods.eu/portfolio/fundaeco-guatemala/ (not accessible as of September 2020); http://downtoearth.danone.com/2013/07/08/cerro-san-gil-guatemala-a-new-livelihoods-venture/ Email Guillaume Bouculat received by Gabriela on December 2nd, 2013.; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1558
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeConditional
- Monetary benefit detailThe REDD+ project is linked to the national forest subsidy program (PINFOR). The incentives are a cash payment that the government grants to the owner of forests, in order to enforce reforestation projects or the managing of natural forests.
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagroforestry | economic interest groups | processing and commercialization | tree planting
- Is there tenure clarification?ND
- Is there environmental education?ND
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?ND
- Is there forest enhancement?Yes
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?ND
- Is there other community benefits?ND