Extrema Conservador das Águas — Brazil's First Municipal Watershed PES
Brazil's first municipal PES law (Lei 2.100/2005): Extrema, Minas Gerais pays 53+ landowners R$195/ha/yr to restore native forest and adopt conservation practices …
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Brazil's first municipal PES law (Lei 2.100/2005): Extrema, Minas Gerais pays 53+ landowners R$195/ha/yr to restore native forest and adopt conservation practices …
Since 2004, Norway pays private forest owners to permanently protect valuable boreal forest. ~870 areas protected; ~NOK 3.3 billion disbursed; 2024 budget: …
Austria's ÖPUL pays 110,200 farms — 74.6% of all holdings — to adopt voluntary agri-environmental measures on 2.2 million hectares, with €614M/year …
Queensland state fund: AUD $132M+ across 3 rounds for carbon farming with verified co-benefits. By 2024: 315,400+ ha, 1.15M+ ACCUs from 20+ …
City of Cape Town and TNC fund invasive alien tree clearance since 2018. By Oct 2023: 46,000+ ha cleared across 7 mountain …
Largest statutory wetland offset market: 1,800+ mitigation banks in RIBITS (2013), restoring aquatic habitats across the US under CWA Section 404. Banking …
Korea Forest Service's statutory carbon scheme, linked to the national ETS since 2013, lets forest landowners earn verified credits through six methodologies …
Mae Fah Luang Foundation certifies 23,526 ha of community forest across 120 Thai communities in 10 provinces under T-VER, targeting 43,628 tCO2e/yr. …
Japan's tripartite government carbon credit scheme for forest management (METI, MOE, MAFF): 356 forestry projects registered by March 2024. Japan's forests removed …
One of the world's first forest carbon projects (1994): TNC and Programme for Belize conserve 102,790 ha of tropical forest in northwest …
NT2 Power Company pays US$1.3M/year to WMPA to protect the 3,710 km² Nakai–Nam Theun National Protected Area—Laos' largest NPA—for 25 years (2010–2035), …
World's first FCPF emission-reduction payment (Oct 2021): US $6.4 M for 1.28 M tCO2e in Zambézia Province. Programme covers 5.3 M ha …
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