Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  178
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Ecoplanet Bamboo Central America
• Secondary name
• Country
  Nicaragua
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  1375
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  EcoPlanet Bamboo's project is a reforestation project,utilizing native bamboo, Guadua aculeata, for the regeneration of degraded pasture lands on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. The project has already reforested 1,365ha of degraded land, with another 1,855 underway. The project is designed to provide timber manufacturing industries with a sustainable alternative fiber, thereby further reducing pressure on natural forests. In addition to VCS and CCBA, the project is certified under the FSC for sustainable forest management. EcoPlanet Bamboo is growing Guadua aculeata for high end markets in the U.S. such as flooring, construction and structural products. The project has received approval from the Nicaraguan government. EcoPlanet Bamboo has strict policies on the acquisition of land for project activities. This includes legal due diligence to ensure that there have not been any conflict or disputes over the land within the last decade, acquisition only from private large scale landowners (and not smallholders or community tenured land). The founders of Ecoplanet Bamboo have longstanding connections to the region.
• Objective 1
  timber production
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Autonomous Region: South Caribbean Coast
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : El Rama

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2031
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  224952
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | Soil organic carbon | Other
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2014
• Reference period end year
  2020
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41236
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=39257&IDKEY=f98klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8df54135403
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  VCS
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41220
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=35577&IDKEY=jkjalskjf098234kj28098sfkjlf098098kl32lasjdflkj909a49060683
• 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
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/07/14/ecoplanet-bamboo-central-america/; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=1085&lat=12%2E2675422841038&lon=-84%2E0151757397423&bp=1 (not accessible as of Septmeber 2020); https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1085

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  guaranteed purchase system: Project hopes to eventually purchase naturally growing bamboo from outgrowers
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise | 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?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes