Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  164
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Reforesting Degraded Lands in Chile through the use of Mycorrhizal Inoculation
• Secondary name
  Nerquihue Small-Scale CDM Afforestation Project using Mycorrhizal Inoculation in Chile; Nerquihue Small-Scale CDM Afforestation Project using Mycorrhizal Inoculation in Chile
• Country
  Chile
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  3007
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2043
• Duration
  40
• Project description
  In 2003, Mikro-Tek initiated the grouped project “Reforesting Degraded Lands in Chile through the use of Mycorrhizal Inoculation”. In this reforestation project, Mikro-Tek works with local land owners and provides an advanced propagation technology, mycorrhizal inoculation, to help restore and convert degraded grassland into productive forests in several regions of Chile. The application of this technology permits successful plantation establishment on sites that would otherwise not be sufficiently productive to incentivize reforestation efforts by landowners. This grouped project promotes reforestation of land that would remain as degraded grassland in the absence of carbon finance. Working with small and medium-scale landowners, Mikro-Tek’s project has so far led to the reforestation of 2,010 ha of land with Pinus radiata and an additional 996.8 ha of land with Eucalyptus globulus since 2003.
• Objective 1
  return on investment
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region : O'Higgins (VI)
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Province : Colchagua

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2003-2043
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  2004-2043
• Annual carbon credits
  16863.825
• Total carbon credits
  674553
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  1997
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CDM

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40205
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/TUEV-SUED1265018764.54/view
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  VCS
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41387
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1055
• 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://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1055; https://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/TUEV-SUED1265018764.54/ ; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=1055&lat=-34%2E573217&lon=-71%2E518501&bp=1 (not accessible as of September 2020) ; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/nerquihue-small-scale-cdm-afforestation-project-using-mycorrhizal-inoculation-chile; http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/#/project_details/1055 (not accessible Aug 2023)

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Individual land owners responsible for planting and forest management. Revenues generated from CER sales split 50/50 between landowners and project proponent.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  No
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes