Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  173
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  'IBERPAPEL' Silvipastural System on Degraded Land
• Secondary name
• Country
  Uruguay
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  4691
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2064
• Duration
  60
• Project description
  The project comprises a total of 4,691 ha of land with a history of agriculture with intensive tillage or grazing by beef cattle, activities that have caused severe soil erosion and degradation. Forest plantations for obtaining pulpwood and sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will be established. These plantations are part of a silvipastural system. Forests will be based on Eucalyptus globulus plantations; plantations will be completed by year 8 of project and forests will be replanted after clear-cut harvest. An environmental management system will be implemented, and practices will be compatible with FSC standard. All properties will be certified by Forest Stewardship Council, currently, more than half of the sites are already certified and the other half is in the process of being standardized for certification. The project is expected to reduce cattle emissions by feeding the cattle with an improved diet, while maintaining or even increasing the level of livestock production, in spite of a reduction in the grazing area due to afforestation, and providing socio-economic and environmental benefits. No carbon credits will be claimed for the reduction of livestock emissions.
• Objective 1
  timber production
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  biodiversity conservation
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Departments : Canelones, Maldonado and Lavalleja
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Multiple locations

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2004-2064
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  761124
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2005
• Reference period end year
  2017
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41017
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=920&lat=-34.606951&lon=-55.747697&bp=1
• 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://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=920&lat=-34.606951&lon=-55.747697&bp=1 (not accessible as of September 2020); https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/920

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Los Eucaliptus S.A.’s employment policy favors local communities, which currently provide71per cent of total employees, either direct or hired by contractors
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  plantation forestry | 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND