111-REDD+ pilot project in the Selva el Ocote Biosphere Reserve

REDD+ pilot project in the Selva el Ocote Biosphere Reserve

Name	Website	Location of headquarters	Organization type
Comisión Nacional de Ãreas Naturales Protegidas / National Commission for Protected Areas(CONANP)	ND	Mexico	Public
Cooperativa AMBIO S.C. de R.L.	#http://ambio.org.mx/#	Mexico	NGO/private non for profit

Name	Website	Location of headquarters	Organization type
College of the South Border (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, ECOSUR)	ND	Mexico	ND
State government	ND	Mexico	Public
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)	ND	Mexico	Public

ID-RECCO ID
111
Project status 2022
Ended
Project name
REDD+ pilot project in the Selva el Ocote Biosphere Reserve
Secondary name
Reserva de la Biósfera Selva el Ocote, REBISO
Country
Mexico
Last IDRECCO update year
2020
Size (in hectare)
4340
Start year
2009
End year
ND
Duration
ND
Project description
Phase 1 and 2 of the project were completed in 2011 and involved the project design and local capacity building to strengthen the local REDD+ strategy. Three ejidos in the Ocozocoautla de Espinosa; Veinte Casas, Nuevo San Juan Chamula and Tierra Nueva, are involved in the pilot project. Phase 3 of the project intends to improve the capacity of local communitites to generate REDD+ credits and participate in environmental markets.
Objective 1
participatory forest management
Objective 2
climate
Objective 3
social development
Deforestation drivers
ND
Type of forest
ND
Project activity
REDD
Project Type
REDD
Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
NA
Multiple locations?
No
Jurisdiction level 1
State : Chiapas
Jurisdiction level 2
Municipality : Jaltenango de la Paz

Carbon standard 1 Progress
not certified
Carbon standard 1 Publication date
ND
Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
ND
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
2010 USAID report mentioning program: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACR720.pdf; Accessed Jun 2023 2014 GEF PIF for project: https://www.conservation.org/docs/default-source/gef-documents/ambio/5751-ambio-pif-140307.pdf?sfvrsn=e61fff99_2; Accessed Jun 2023 2015 GEF Prodoc mentioning REDD+ project ended in 2013 (p.12): https://www.conservation.org/docs/default-source/gef-documents/ambio/5751-ambio-prodoc-150609.pdf?sfvrsn=132f817a_2; Accessed Jun 2023 2022 UNDP website: https://www.undp.org/es/mexico/historias/reserva-de-la-biosfera-selva-el-ocote-comunidades-impulsan-soluciones-locales-para-crear-resiliencia-ante-el-cambio-climatico Proponent website: http://ambio.org.mx/; Accessible Jun 2023 http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/redd-pilot-project-selva-el-ocote-biosphere-reserve (Not accessible Sep 2022);