Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  946
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  FORESTAL APEPU CARBON PROJECT
• Secondary name
• Country
  Paraguay
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  2658
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2039
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The aim of the company is the sequestration of carbon and the production of quality timber in a highly deforested landscape. Forestal Apepu purchased two contiguous properties of 2,658 ha in the Department of San Pedro. As most private properties in the region, the land was deforested decades ago and then used for agriculture and beef production. Currently, the property maintains around 20 % of its area with natural forest cover, albeit heavily degraded due to the informal extraction of biomass and other forest resources. Through fast growing eucalypt plantations, trials of plantations with native species, and the strict protection of the remaining natural forest, Forestal Apepu aims at restoring forest cover. A target production area of 1,850 ha of forest plantations is planned to be established until 2021, of which 1,126 ha were already planted in 2019 and 2020 (first instance). The company may expand even further in the future, upon identification of potential expansion areas in the region.
• Objective 1
  timber production
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  return on investment
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching |cattle grazing
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  no
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department: San Pedro
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District of San Estanislao

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2019-2039
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  258048
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Below ground biomass | soil organic carbon | Dead wood
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• 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=50079&IDKEY=fq934lkmsad39asjdkfj90qlkalsdkngaf98ulkandDfdvDdfhq69058941
• 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
  VCS PDD - https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=50079&IDKEY=fq934lkmsad39asjdkfj90qlkalsdkngaf98ulkandDfdvDdfhq69058941

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Employment: Compared to previous land uses, the plantations provide benefits to local people, by providing local jobs.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  Silviculture of native and exotic species
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• 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?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes