VCS1360 REDD Peru

The project protects 127,000 ha of primary sub-tropical moist forests in 7 Native Communities.

The communities are Callería, Curiaca, Flor de Ucayali, Pueblo Nuevo del Caco, Puerto Nuevo, Roya and Sinchi Roca.

It does this through the promotion of sustainable economic activities, forest governance and the establishment of conservation agreements.

The goal is conserving the communities’ forests against deforestation driven by migratory agriculture, illegal logging and livestock.

The project looks to do this while creating sustainable development opportunities for these 7 communities.

Illegal loggers usually arrive first with logging either permitted or forced with acts of violence common.

Migratory agriculture settlers from the Amazonian lowlands or the Andes use slash and burn techniques to clear forest.

Livestock are typically grazed on recently cleared land.

Without the project, illegal logging would continue as well as forest invasions by coca growers, miners and farmers.

The project’s approaches include ensuring the proper use of communal land and undertaking capacity building for natural resource management.

It is also developing strategic alliances between communities and government as well as using project finance and market linkages.

There is more to offsets than just carbon.

Each VCS carbon credit is a tonne of verified climate benefit, no matter the type of project.

This carbon offset project provides multiple sustainability co-benefits beyond just carbon and helps link your climate response to improved sustainability.

The project promotes economic and food security activities and is strengthening land ownership and governance.

Activities include promoting community forest management for timber and non-timber products and developing agroforestry and silvo-pastoral systems.

Other activities include promotion of good livestock practices and improved traditional agriculture.

It is improving the use of communal land through training, awareness raising and the delineation of communal borders.

It works to improve inter- and intra-communal conflict resolution as well as the control and surveillance of communal land.

Increasing capabilities for the administration of natural resources allows for better management and employment opportunities.

The project supports small handicraft enterprises worked by women from 5 of the native communities.

This support includes improving the embroidery techniques for fashion garments.

It is looking to develop eco-tourism activities in the communities in order to provide a secondary income stream.

The project area has identified 166 flora species and 55 amphibian, 44 reptile, 57 mammal and 101 bird species.

It protects vulnerable species including jaguar, giant armadillo, cougar, South American tapir, giant anteater, common woolly monkeys and Peruvian spider monkeys.

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The project’s design and monitoring, validation and verification reports are publicly available here: https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1360