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Alto Mayo Protected Forest REDD+ Project (Peru)

REDD+ project protecting 182,000 ha of Amazonian forest in San Martín, Peru. Between 2008–2020: 59% deforestation decline, 8.4M tCO2e prevented, 1,300+ conservation agreements with families, US$45M carbon revenue. Verified under VCS and CCB by Verra.

182,000 ha

Forêt protégée

59%

Baisse de la déforestation (2008-2020)

8.4M tCO2e

Émissions évitées (2008-2020)

1,300+

Accords de conservation avec les familles

US$45M

Revenus carbone

Alto Mayo Protected Forest REDD+ Project (Peru)

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Conservation International / SERNANP (Peru)
Period: 2008-present
Keywords: Amazon forest, carbon, agroforestry, community

Context

Le projet REDD+ de la forêt protégée d'Alto Mayo conserve 182 000 ha de forêt amazonienne à San Martín, au Pérou, vérifié selon Verra VCS et CCB.

Results

Entre 2008 et 2020, la déforestation a chuté de 59% et 8,4M tCO2e ont été évitées, grâce à plus de 1 300 accords de conservation avec des familles et 45M US$ de revenus carbone.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-20
Conservation International / SERNANP (Peru) — accessed 2026-06-20
Conservation International – Alto Mayo carbon project — accessed 2026-06-20
SCA – Alto Mayo REDD+ 2021 Sustainability Award winner — accessed 2026-06-20

Attachments

Quality score: 60/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 16% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced3/3

8.4M tCO2e emissions prevented 2008–2020 verified under Verra VCS; 59% deforestation decline independently audited; US$45M carbon-credit revenue confirms real market demand.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced2/3

CCB certified; 1,200+ native plant species and 25 IUCN threatened species documented; but no published pre/post biodiversity trend metric.

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control1/3

Alto Mayo forms the headwaters of a key Amazon tributary; watershed protection is cited by CI but no quantified water-flow or erosion data are published for the project.

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced0/3

Humid upper-Amazon forest; wildfire is not a material threat and fire resilience is not an objective of the project.

Governance, certification & transferability3/3

Dual VCS+CCB Verra verification; 1,300+ formal conservation agreements; SERNANP government partnership; California AB 1305 public disclosure compliance.

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Evidoria. Alto Mayo Protected Forest REDD+ Project (Peru). Persistent ID: 92e41324-2c74-4283-a731-55341b757fec.

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