The Russas Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
CarbonCo, LLC | #http://carboncollc.com/# | Brazil | Private for profit |
Freitas International Group, LLC | ND | Brazil | Private for profit |
I.S.R.C. Investimentos e Acessória LTDA | ND | Brazil | Private for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
CEFLORA (Centro de Formação e Tecnologia da Floresta) | ND | Brazil | Public |
S.O.S. Amazônia | ND | Brazil | NGO/private non for profit |
Secretaries of Small Business and Environmental Affairs | ND | Brazil | ND |
TECMAN | ND | Brazil | ND |
TerraCarbon LLC | ND | Brazil | Private for profit |
Universidade Federal do Acre Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza | ND | Brazil | ND |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID300
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameThe Russas Project
- Secondary name
- CountryBrazil
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)41976
- Start yearND
- End year2021
- Duration10
- Project descriptionMitigate deforestation pressures using a combination of environmental programs and social programs which are intended to improve the livelihoods of community members living in the vicinity of the project area
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3ND
- Deforestation driversillegal logging, infrastructure, local livelihoods
- Type of foresthumid
- Project activityREDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityNA
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1State : Acre
- Jurisdiction level 2Municipality : Cruzeiro do Sul
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2011-2021
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits1201474
- Leakage is expected?yes
- Carbon pools includedAbove ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood
- Gasses includedCH4 | N2O
- Reference period start year1999
- Reference period end year2010
- Carbon standard 1VCS
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date41774
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=36875&IDKEY=u097809fdslkjf09rndasfufd098asodfjlkduf09nm23mrn87850850625
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2CCB
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressUnder Veirfication
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 Weblinkshttps://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1112
- 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 informationhttps://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1112 http://www.climate-standards.org/2013/07/18/the-russas-project/
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeConditional
- Monetary benefit detailCommunities will receive a small share of the payments from I.S.R.C. from carbon revenue.
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeother
- Is there tenure clarification?Yes
- 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?ND