Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  890
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Macauba Palm Oil in Silvicultural System
• Secondary name
• Country
  Brazil
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  2000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  ND
• Duration
  ND
• Project description
  The objective of the project is to create the first sustainable Macauba value chain in the world, and ensure high social, environmental and economic impacts. Macauba is an oil producing palm tree native to Brazil, which can grow on pastures without reducing the pastures’ yields. This allows for a large scale, sustainable palm oil production without land use change
• Objective 1
  Influence national policy
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  Industrial agriculture and cattle ranching
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  ARR|IFM
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  Plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  State: Minas Gerais
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality: Patos de Minas

Carbon accounting

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

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  In process
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/projects/macauba-palm-oil-silvicultural-system | https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/535621531831072433/1966-PFIPBR501A-Brazil-Project-Document.pdf
• 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
  https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/projects/macauba-palm-oil-silvicultural-system | https://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/535621531831072433/1966-PFIPBR501A-Brazil-Project-Document.pdf

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payment will be made to the farmers who participate in the Macauba value chain as growers and harvesters of Macauba fruits, and benefit from payments for the use of their land, their labor, and their production of fruits
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  Tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  No
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes