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Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

CommuniTree Community Carbon Programme (Nicaragua)

Plan Vivo–certified community reforestation with 4,000+ smallholder families across 17,000+ ha in Estelí highlands. All 2015–2021 credits independently verified; US$3.1M paid to …

Estelí, Nicaragua
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Scolel'te Community Carbon Project (Chiapas, Mexico)

World's oldest operational carbon market project (1994), led by indigenous and mestizo farming communities in Chiapas under Plan Vivo. Covers 9,150 ha …

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Oceanium Mangrove Restoration Programme (Senegal)

Community-led mangrove restoration in Casamance and Sine-Saloum: 10,000 ha, 80 million trees planted by 2012, Verra-certified; 600,000 tCO2e over 20 years; 350 …

Ziguinchor, Senegal
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

USDA programme paying farmers to convert highly erodible cropland to permanent vegetative cover. 24.8 million acres (~10 Mha) enrolled; $1.8 billion in …

Washington, D.C., United States of America
Good practice ★ 60 Evidence: Quasi-experimental

COMACO — Community Markets for Conservation (Zambia)

COMACO pays Zambian smallholders above-market prices for conservation-farmed produce in exchange for surrendering snares and firearms; a 2011 PNAS study found significant …

Chipata, Zambia