Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  873
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  VisionsWald - VisionForest
• Secondary name
• Country
  Costa Rica
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  620
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2061
• Duration
  8
• Project description
  The VisionsWald - VisionForest is located in a backward rural region in the central North of Costa Rica on the edge of the Maquenque Wildlife Refuge. This project is more than a nature conservation – or forest carbon project, it is also a pilot project and laboratory for well-tried and newly-discovered sustainable land use methods.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  ND
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, illegal logging
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province: Heredia
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Cantons: Sarapiqui, Distrito La Virgen

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2061
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  31589
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CH4 | CO2 | N2O
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Gold Standard

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  46524
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://platform.sustain-cert.com/public-luf-project/2797
• 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.goldstandard.org/projects/details/530 https://impact.sustain-cert.com/public_projects/577

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The project provide income generation through employment
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  ND
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | NTFP
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• Is there environmental education?
  ND
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  ND
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND