Madre de Dios

Avoided Unplanned Deforestation

Overview

Madre de Dios

Peru

98,932 ha

Developer: Greenoxx

Avoided Unplanned Deforestation

Peru’s Madre de Dios project is an improved forest management project that promotes sustainable timber harvesting on two privately held forests within the Amazon, Maderacre and Maderyja. Along with protecting the forest’s substantial biodiversity, the project is committed to maintaining forest carbon stocks substantially above the regional baseline. The project selects trees individually and carefully considers tree species and size to allow for the promulgation of high-quality tree species and overall forest health.

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Registry

Registry ID: 844

Madre de Dios waterway through the Amazon.

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Additional

Does the project have a net additional climate benefit?

Net additional climate benefit
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Conservative

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Baseline claims
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Project claims
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Durable

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Ongoing monitoring
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Project risks
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Beyond Carbon

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Quality check

Quality insights

Impacts beyond carbon

Preserving some of Peru's most biodiverse forests and benefitting the community

The Madre de Dios boasts project impressive social and natural co-benefits. With a focus on community development, the project sponsors numerous outreach programs to help educate locals on the benefits of virgin rainforest. The project maintains a sophisticated public outreach system and with respect to indigenous community rights and traditions, allows delimited indigenous sustenance hunting and land-use. Preserving some of Peru’s most biodiverse forests, the project also offers refuge to numerous threatened and endangered plant and animal species. The project intentionally identifies and monitors rare trees and wildlife to ensure their well-being.

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.

Project Description

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Verification Report 2018

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