Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  148
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Chocó-Manabí Corridor Reforestation and Conservation Carbon Project
• Secondary name
  CHOCO2 Project
• Country
  Ecuador
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  523
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2033
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  This project will reforest at least 250 hectares of degraded pasture land in the western foothills of Ecuador. A joint venture between Conservation International, the Maquipucuna Foundation, and a group of partners, this project will also plant a mixture of 15 native tree species on former ranch lands and reconnect existing forests. This project employs local community members for seed collection, nursery establishment, planting, and maintenance. The reforested sites will provide additional income from activities tied to healthy forests, such as ecotourism, and help protect clean water supplies and reduce water-borne diseases. In the long run, replanting forests will create structural and microclimatic conditions that could expand habitat for native plants and animals. Connecting fragmented habitats into a conservation corridor is critical for species whose survival depends on large expanses of contiguous forest.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Pichincha
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Canton : Quito

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  183185
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CDM

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  not certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/pnm/byref/ARNM0021-rev
• 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://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/pnm/byref/ARNM0021-rev; Accesible June 2023; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/choco2-project-ecuador (authorization is needed as of September 2020); http://www.conservation.org/Documents/Forest%20Carbon%20Projects.pdf (not accessible as of august, 2014)

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  direct payment: wages for those employed to implement project
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | ecotourism | processing and commercialization
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• 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?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND