Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  947
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  AFFORESTATION IN COOPERATION WITH LOCAL LANDOWNERS FOR FORESTAL SAN PEDRO S.A
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Paraguay
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  7000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2035
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The proposed VCS grouped project “Afforestation in cooperation with local landowners for Forestal San Pedro S.A” represents one of the first major afforestation projects of the private sector in Paraguay. Forestal San Pedro is a company established in 2019 by an International forestry Fund. The company aims to establish and manage an area of 8,000 ha of sustainable forest plantations for the sequestration of carbon and the production of quality timber in Eastern Paraguay. Forestal San Pedro seeks to cooperate with local medium and large landowners to conduct tree planting on their properties. As a diversification strategy, plantations are largely established in silvopastoral systems on traditional cattle farms. Landowners lease their land to the company and get a share of the expected benefits. At the same time, they continue using the land for cattle grazing in a manner compatible with forestry. The expansion strategy provides an entry point for tree planting in the degraded and deforested landscape of Eastern Paraguay, dominated by cattle grazing and mechanized soy production. Despite the need to develop new models that can address environmental degradation and climate change, while at the same time offering a sustainable supply to the national wood and timber market, the tree component is still far from integrated into the regional productive landscape. Target production areas encompass areas deforested decades ago that have been used for implanted pastures and mechanized soy, but are now degraded. The project is interesting for cattle ranchers that need to integrate sustainable intensification into their extensive grazing models to remain competitive in the area. It is also a good opportunity for landowners having experienced a decrease in agricultural productivity due to the marginal suitability of their land for mechanized agriculture
• Objective 1
  Other-ecosystem restoration
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing| Industrial agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  Agroforestry|Plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Departments: San Pedro and Canindeyú
• Jurisdiction level 2
  All

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2015 - 2035
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  910973
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2011
• Reference period end year
  2015
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  yes
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  44649
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2361
• 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.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2361

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Unclear
• Monetary benefit detail
  Direct cash: Outgrowers are conducted in partnership with community members who have some spare land and are interested in planting eucalypts. The company enters into a long-term partnership with these smallholders, offering annual rent payment, as well as inputs and technical assistance 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
  tree planting | agroforestry |other-timber production
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND