Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  299
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  The Valparaiso Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Brazil
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  28096
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2021
• Duration
  10
• Project description
  Activities implemented as part of the project to reduce deforestation include: - Community outreach and education; - Employment of local community members as forest guards or other project staff (to replace other sources of income associated with deforestation and land use); - Providing agricultural extension training which will help baseline agents to increase productivity on current lands (thus reducing the pressure to expand their farms in the adjacent forest); - Supporting local farmers association; - Assist communities in obtaining land tenure; and - Sharing a portion of carbon related revenue for communities living on the Valparaiso property (replacing other sources of income associated with deforestation and land use).
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  ND
• Deforestation drivers
  illegal logging, 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
  State : Acre
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : Cruzeiro do Sul

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2041
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  2012-2021
• Annual carbon credits
  153853.3
• Total carbon credits
  1538533
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood
• Gasses included
  CH4 | CO2 | N2O
• Reference period start year
  1999
• Reference period end year
  2010
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41905
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=35945&IDKEY=a98klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8dj49568155
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  43657
• Carbon standard 2
  CCB
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41831
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=42570&IDKEY=wlksjoiuwqowrnoiuomnckjashoufifmln902309ksdflku098058704030
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  43657
• 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/app/projectDetail/VCS/1113 http://www.climate-standards.org/2013/07/18/the-valparaiso-project/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Communities will receive a small share of payments from carbon revenue
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | other
• 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?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes