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The Central Kalimantan Peatlands (Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve) aims to reduce Indonesia's emissions by preserving 15,091 hectares of tropical peat swamp forests. This area, rich in biodiversity including the endangered Bornean orangutan, was slated by the Provincial government to be converted into four palm oil estates. The project is also designed to protect the integrity of the adjacent world-renowned Tanjung Puting National Park, by creating a physical buffer zone on the full extent of the ~90km eastern border of the park. Without Rimba Raya, the project area would be converted into palm oil plantations by logging, burning to clear unused felled trees and remaining forest, and systematic draining of the peatland area. This would result in the release of both above and below ground carbon deposits. As a result, millions of tons of GHG emissions would be released into the atmosphere over the lifetime of the project. Absent this project, forest habitat supporting over 50 endangered species would completely disappear, and the 9 local forest communities along the eastern edge of the reserve would also face the threat of land appropriation by palm oil companies. 

Peatland offers a unique ecosystem that sequesters massive amounts of carbon. Much of a peatland forest is bog or marshland, the magic of carbon lives under water here. 

Peatland offers a unique ecosystem that sequesters massive amounts of carbon. 

Orangutans find safe habitat in Central Kalimantan jungle. 

A group of endemic Proboscis mothers and their infants find reprieve in the forest canopy. 

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Community members get involved through the peatland farmer field program. 

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Aerial view of the Central Kalimantan Peatlands forest. 

The figure above shows the project area outlined in white, and observed forest loss in red. The project has been active since 2009. Pachama analyzes forest loss data and removes false positives during our project evaluation process.

Fire is one of the risks associated with forest carbon projects. While this particular project did experience some historical fire events, Pachama’s quality checks confirm the project has properly accounted for all emissions and continues to secure net climate benefits compared with the baseline scenario. Additionally, the project has invested in fire prevention efforts and in firefighting efforts.

The project has planted tens of thousands of mangrove tree saplings.

A floating clinic visits a remote local village.

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Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Manoa Farm preserves 74,038 ha of forestland in the heart of Northern Brazil’s Amazon River Basin. The project region has long been subject to natural resource exploitation, and Manoa Farm forest has been under threat of degradation due to illegal logging. It is one of the few private forest areas remaining in the region. Manoa Farm aims to curb deforestation by training local stakeholders in forest protection and surveillance and supports socio-economic development through skilled-labor workshops on non-extractive forest management. 

Manoa Farm View

The project helps to maintain a native nursery of plants found in the rainforest such as Brazil Nut and acai berry.

Flora in Faz Manoa

Community near la Faz Manoa

The project supports biodiversity conservation and water resources.

Waterfalls

There are six amphibian species unique to the project area.

Manoa Fauna

The Manoa project is home to hundreds of animal species, including the charismatic macaw.

The figure above shows the project area outlined in white, and observed forest loss in red. The project has been active since 2013. Pachama analyzes forest loss data and removes false positives during our project evaluation process.

The project covers an area of approximately 74,000 hectares of native forest.

Manoa

The Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project (‘The Katingan Project’) seeks to protect and restore 149,800 hectares of peatland ecosystems, to offer local people sustainable sources of income, and to tackle global climate change – all based on a solid business model. The project lies within the districts of Katingan and Kotawaringin Timur in Central Kalimantan Province, and covers one of the largest remaining intact peat swamp forests in Indonesia. The project area is located entirely within state-designated production forest. Without the project, the area would be converted to fast-growing industrial timber plantations, grown for pulpwood. The Katingan Project prevents this fate by having obtained full legal control of the production forest area through a government concession, preventing use for plantation as is common in the region. 


A gentle sunset over the water (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

Sunset on the Water 

A male orangutan watches on from his perch (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

Borneo Orangutan 

A photo of the peat forest landscape in the project area (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

Borneo Forest Landscape 

The project is working to plant 50,000 native saplings each year to replant degraded land (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

Aerial view of the project's boardwalk through the forest (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

The figure above shows the project area outlined in white, and observed forest loss in red. The project has been active since 2010. Pachama analyzes forest loss data and removes false positives during our project evaluation process. 

Fire is one of the risks associated with forest carbon projects. While this particular project did experience some historical fire events, Pachama’s quality checks confirm the project has properly accounted for all emissions and continues to secure net climate benefits compared with the baseline scenario.

Three young women work to support the success of the Borneo Peatlands project (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

Agroforestry Benefits the Community 

A beautiful shot of the project area at dusk (Photo credit: Katingan Mentaya Project).

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