Suruí Forest Carbon Project (SFCP)

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Associação Metareilá do Povo Indígena Suruí#http://www.paiter.org/#BrazilNGO/private non for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Amazon Conservation Team - Brazil(ACT)NDBrazilND
Brazilian Biodiversity Fund#http://www.funbio.org.br/#BrazilNGO/private non for profit
Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas - IDESAMNDBrazilNGO/private non for profit
Kanindé Ethno-environmental Defense AssociationNDBrazilNGO/private non for profit
National Indian Foundation - FUNAINDBrazilNGO/private non for profit
The Katoomba Group#http://www.katoombagroup.org/index.php#BrazilNGO/private non for profit

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    246
  • Project status 2022
    TBC
  • Project name
    Suruí Forest Carbon Project (SFCP)
  • Secondary name
    Suruí REDD+ Project
  • Country
    Brazil
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    247845
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2038
  • Duration
    30
  • Project description
    The Surui Carbon Project intends to fund protection, territorial control and local capacity building activities through payments for ecosystem services, especially the marketing of carbon credits, which emerged as a promising new alternative
  • Objective 1
    development, social development
  • Objective 2
    biodiversity conservation
  • Objective 3
    climate
  • Deforestation drivers
    illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, infrastructure, local livelihoods
  • Type of forest
    humid
  • Project activity
    REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    NA
  • Multiple locations?
    No
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    States : Rondônia and Mato Grosso
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    Municipality : Cacoal, Espigão D'Oeste and Rondolândia

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    2009-2038
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    7423806
  • Leakage is expected?
    ND
  • Carbon pools included
    ND
  • Gasses included
    ND
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    CCB

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    expired
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    40998
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/
  • Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2
    VCS
  • Carbon standard 2 Progress
    certified
  • Carbon standard 2 Publication date
    40968
  • Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
    http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/
  • 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
    The REDD Desk (no longer accessible as of september, 2014): http://www.theredddesk.org/resources/reports/free_prior_and_informed_consent_surui_carbon_project; http://www.theredddesk.org/countries/brazil/info/activity/surui_redd_project; http://www.forest-trends.org/documents/files/doc_2599.pdf; https://s3.amazonaws.com/CCBA/Projects/Surui_Forest_Carbon_project/PCFS_PDD_portugues_V1.pdf; http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=7611§ion=home; http://moderncms.ecosystemmarketplace.com/repository/moderncms_documents/Casebook%20of%20REDD%20Projects%20in%20LA.pdf; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=1118&lat=-11.24849&lon=-61.149548&bp=1; http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/10/5194176/amazonian-people-and-cosmetics.html (the article does no longer appear);

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    Yes
  • Monetary benefit type
    Conditional
  • Monetary benefit detail
    Payment for Environmental Services
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agroforestry | ecotourism | plantation forestry | tree planting
  • Is there tenure clarification?
    Yes
  • Is there environmental education?
    No
  • Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
    Yes
  • Is there forest enhancement?
    No
  • Is there community infrastracture improvement?
    No
  • Is there other community benefits?
    Yes