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Corazón Verde del Chaco REDD+ Project (Paraguay)

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Paraguay's largest REDD+ project: 32,000 ha of Gran Chaco dry forest protected under VCS+CCB Gold (Verra). Est. 5.6 Mt CO2e avoided over 10 years. Habitat for jaguar, giant anteater, tapir, armadillo and 3,000+ plant species.

32,000 ha

Forest protected

5.6M tCO2e

Estimated avoided emissions (over 10 years)

Corazón Verde del Chaco REDD+ Project (Paraguay)

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: Quadriz B.V. / Ostrya Conservation / Atenil S.A.
Period: 2020-present
Keywords: Dry forest, carbon, biodiversity, Chaco, REDD+

Context

Corazon Verde del Chaco is Paraguay's largest REDD+ project, protecting 32,000 ha of Gran Chaco dry forest under Verra VCS+CCB Gold and home to jaguar, giant anteater, tapir, giant armadillo and 3,000+ plant species.

Results

It is estimated to avoid 5.6 Mt CO2e over 10 years.

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 2026-06-21
Quadriz B.V. / Ostrya Conservation / Atenil S.A. — accessed 2026-06-21
Quadriz – First VCS & CCB verification completed (2023) — accessed 2026-06-21
Ecologi – Protecting forests in Paraguay — accessed 2026-06-21

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Quality score: 60/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 16% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

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

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced2/3

VCS-verified (Project 2611); 5.6M tCO2e estimated over 10-year crediting period 2020–2030; 2020–2021 monitoring period independently verified by Verra.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced3/3

CCB Gold Level Distinction from Verra for exceptional biodiversity benefits; jaguar, giant anteater, lowland tapir and giant armadillo among 650+ vertebrates in a 3,000+ plant-species landscape.

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

Gran Chaco dry forest moderates local hydrology; no measured water-quality or soil-erosion outcome is reported under the project.

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced1/3

Gran Chaco is a fire-prone biome; CCBS compliance implies fire monitoring, but no dedicated fire-management payment or quantified fire metric is documented.

Governance, certification & transferability2/3

Verra VCS+CCB Gold registration (March 2023); Sylvera carbon-integrity rating; private REDD+ without UNFCCC corresponding adjustments; Quadriz + Ostrya Conservation as co-proponents.

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Evidoria. Corazón Verde del Chaco REDD+ Project (Paraguay). Persistent ID: e76e316d-9c47-40d0-8b17-409084679c9e.

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