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Peru

290,714 ha

Brazil Nut Concessions

Avoided Unplanned Deforestation

Support Brazil Nut producers to preserve old-growth forest in the Peruvian Amazon

Overview

Peru

290,714 ha

Developer: Bosques Amazónicos SAC

Avoided Unplanned Deforestation

Established in 2010, the Brazil Nut Concessions project prevents deforestation and protects biodiversity on 500,000 acres in the Peruvian Amazon. The project is a collaboration between the project developer and a conglomeration of over 300 small concessioner landowners aimed at refocusing the local economy towards the passive harvest of Brazil Nuts – a valuable commodity that can only be found in old-growth rainforest such as that protected in the project – and providing community members with sustainable income through carbon finance.

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Registry

Registry ID: 868

Methodology

Verified Carbon Standard VM0007 v1.1

Brazil nuts, as seen in this image of the local community processing, provide an alternative agroforestry crop to clear-cutting for agriculture and can only be sourced from the old-growth rainforest.

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Impacts beyond carbon

Teaching communities about alternative and sustainable production initiatives

The Brazil Nut Concessions project works directly with concessioner communities who are highly dependent on local ecosystems but who, historically, have had few resources to protect the rich primary rainforest they call home. This project is enabling communities to safeguard against illicit deforestation and generate community income through carbon credit sales. The project has built a new brazil nut processing facility to increase the value of harvested nuts, expanding what was formally a subsistence activity into a viable income source. To support this economic redirection, the project has implemented a significant outreach campaign to educate the local population on the benefits of intact rainforests, holding workshops in each town within the region.

Responsible consumption and production

The project specifically trains deforestation agents in alternative and sustainable production initiatives. For example, training workshops are conducted for local miners in agroforestry, management of forestry products, and fish farming.

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Climate action

Concessionaires organized a Ground Team of Monitoring and Surveillance, made up of 12 people divided into sub-teams of two people for multiple checkpoints. All of the checkpoints are located in strategic places in order to monitor and control illegal logging activities, migratory agriculture, and mining activities in the project area. Additionally, a weekly preventive patrolling system was implemented throughout the boundaries of the project area.

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Life on land

The project is establishing a permanent tree nursery to enrich the Brazil nut concessions and produce 100,000 seedlings per year. The tree seeds are obtained from the concessions, given that they are areas of natural forest with these species present. The trees identified as suitable seed trees are then geo-referenced, and the collection is done according to the seeding campaign of each species.

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biodiversity

Empower landowners to safeguard their forests

The forest is not only a vital resource for local communities but it is also a precious habitat for countless threatened and endangered species. By enhancing capabilities in local communities, this project safeguards forest areas which in turn protects biodiversity and valuable habitats.

Public registry documentsApplicable calculation methods are referenced in the reports below. Note that registries do not publicly provide all pertinent data required to reproduce emissions calculations. However, Independent Validation and Verification Bodies have access to the data needed to reproduce and verify emissions calculations.

Verification report 2017

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Project Description

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2012 Verification Document

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Verification report 2019

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