Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  183
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Agroforestry and forest restoration for ecological connectivity, poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Cerro San Gil, Caribbean Guatemala.
• Secondary name
• Country
  Guatemala
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  4000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2043
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The Project will establish 4,000 hectares of Agroforestry Systems and Forest Plantations in community lands surrounding the remaining rainforests of this key protected area in Caribbean Guatemala, between the international Borders of Belize and Honduras; these forests are a vital link in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and the caribbean migratory funnel of Central America. The Cerro San Gil is the region´s largest and most bio-diverse tropical rainforest in Caribbean Guatemala. The remaining forests of this region are truly biodiversity treasures: phenomena of isolation and differentiated evolution took place in the coastal mountains of this region, which explains their amazing biological diversity and endemism. Although very close in distance, these forests present assemblages of biodiversity and endemic species that differentiate them. Due to deforestation, these forests have become “biological islands”, which must be protected and connected.
• Objective 1
  ND
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  biodiversity conservation
• Deforestation drivers
  local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department : Izabal
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : Puerto Barrios

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2013-2043
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  1184981.42
• 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
  2006
• Reference period end year
  2026
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42691
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=19987&IDKEY=0iofj09234rm9oq4jndsma80vcalksdjf98cxkjaf90823nmq3227562073
• 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
  http://www.livelihoods.eu/portfolio/fundaeco-guatemala/ (not accessible as of September 2020); http://downtoearth.danone.com/2013/07/08/cerro-san-gil-guatemala-a-new-livelihoods-venture/ Email Guillaume Bouculat received by Gabriela on December 2nd, 2013.; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1558

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The REDD+ project is linked to the national forest subsidy program (PINFOR). The incentives are a cash payment that the government grants to the owner of forests, in order to enforce reforestation projects or the managing of natural forests.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | economic interest groups | processing and commercialization | tree planting
• 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND