Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  927
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  REDD + IN THE FORESTS OF THE OTÚN RIVER BASIN
• Secondary name
• Country
  Colombia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  5603
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2045
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  A grouped project which, in its first stage, includes 17 holdings belonging to - the Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Pereira (Pereira Aqueduct and Sewerage Company) S.A.S. E.S.P. The project is located in the southern area of the department of Risaralda, in the Central Mountain Range (Cordillera), on the Otún River valley, in the municipalities of Pereira, Santa Rosa de Cabal, and Salento, and it has the main objective of conserving the native forests of the region by reducing the emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) caused by deforestation while preserving and protecting local biodiversity through interagency conservation efforts and the implementation of four strategic lines, which are focused on control activities of the territory; environmental education strengthening and biodiversity research; conservation agreements and ecological restoration programs.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  return on investment
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing | slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department: Risaralda
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipalities of Pereira, Santa Rosa

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2016-2045
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  445952
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2015
• Reference period end year
  2025
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  in process
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=49760&IDKEY=a98klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8ds68619040
• 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://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=49760&IDKEY=a98klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8ds68619040

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payment will instead available for ecotourism services provided by local communities
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise |ecotourism
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes