Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  200
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Shade Coffee & Cacao Reforestation Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Peru
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  12111
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2053
• Duration
  40
• Project description
  The Project Shade Coffee and Cacao Reforestation proposed by ECOTIERRA is an ARR carbon sequestration grouped project based on improving agricultural farming techniques to include coffee and cocoa under shade. The project aims to turn traditional land use schemes into shade, organic and fair trade coffee and cocoa production systems by the mean of massive plantation of trees, environmental education, technical training and accompaniment.
• Objective 1
  non timber production
• Objective 2
  timber production
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, fire, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  other
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Regions: Lambayeque, Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huanuco, Junin, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno, San Martin, Ucayali
• Jurisdiction level 2
  37 Province

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2013-2053
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  3495692
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2013
• Reference period end year
  2018
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41747
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=36750&IDKEY=hq934lkmsad39asjdkfj90qlkalsdkngaf98ulkandDfdvDdfh50678250
• 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=1153&lat=-6.004142&lon=-78.496723&bp=1 (not accessible as of September 2020); http://www.ecotierra.co/en/projets/our-projects/; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1153

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Improved economic conditions for farmers and surrounding communities through development of business and job creation related to reforestation, diversification of income and the accreditation plots labels "Organic" and "Fair Trade".
• 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?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes