Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  104
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Much Kanan K’aax
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Mexico
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  1230
• Start year
  2006
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  25
• Project description
  The project consists in working with ejidos to promote the recovery of the Yucatan Peninsula’s culturally and ecologically important rainforest. The main objective of the proposed project is to promote the recovery process and protect the Yucatan Peninsula´s culturally and ecologically significant Mayan Jungle. Carbon finance is seen as a way of generating additional income for community members (ejidatarios) who live on forest land, in order to carry out activities of restoration and protection.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR|IFM|REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  State : Quinta Roo
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : Felipe Carrillo Puerto

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2006-9999
• 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
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  withdrawn
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/Much-Kanan-Kaax_PDD.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
  2010 USAID report that the project completed a Plan Vivo PIN:https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACR721.pdf (Accessed Jun 2023) 2015 IIED report summarizing project benefit sharing: https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/17570IIED.pdf (Accessed Jun 2023) Project blog: https://muchkanankaax.wordpress.com/ (Accessed Jun 2023, last entry 2011) Not accessible by Sep 2020 http://www.theredddesk.org/countries/mexico/info/activity/much_kanan_k_aax (authorization is needed to access the website as of September 2020); http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/Much-Kanan-Kaax_PDD.pdf (not accessible as of September 2020); http://theredddesk.org/sites/default/files/2010uyoolche_mexicopin_2.pdf (authorization is needed to access the website as of September 2020); http://theredddesk.org/sites/default/files/plan.pdf (authorization is needed to access the website as of September 2020)+F8:F715

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  communities receive 60% of the carbon credits revenue (p20 pdd)
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | ecotourism
• 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?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes