Gabon CAFI Forest Carbon Agreement
Gabon
Gabon's 23.6M-ha Congo Basin rainforest (88 % of territory, deforestation <0.08 %/yr since 1990) earns results-based CAFI payments: US$17M received …
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GuateCarbon — REDD+ Comunitário na Reserva da Biosfera Maya (Guatemala)
Guatemala · Flores · See the Guatemala profile
Projeto REDD+ certificado VCS/CCB cobrindo 660 000 ha na Reserva da Biosfera Maya do Petén; 12 concessões comunitárias geridas pela ACOFOP e pela CONAP projetam 38 milhões de VCUs em 30 anos, com desmatamento quase nulo versus 1,2% de perda anual na reserva em geral.
660,000 ha
Área abrangida
38M VCUs
Créditos projetados em 30 anos
near-zero vs 1.2%/yr
Desmatamento nas concessões vs reserva
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- ACOFOP / CONAP / Rainforest Alliance
- Period
- 2012–2042
- Keywords
- community forestry, REDD+, carbon markets, biodiversity, tropical forest
Context
O GuateCarbon é um projeto REDD+ certificado Verra VCS/CCB que cobre 660.000 ha na Reserva da Biosfera Maya do Petén, onde 12 concessões comunitárias são geridas pela ACOFOP e pela CONAP.
Results
As concessões projetam 38M de VCUs em 30 anos e reportam um desmatamento quase nulo face a uma perda anual de 1,2% no conjunto da reserva.
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 2026-06-22
- ACOFOP / CONAP / Rainforest Alliance — accessed 2026-06-22
- Rainforest Alliance Project Profile — accessed 2026-06-22
- Verra: Multiple Uses and Benefits in the Guatemalan Rainforest — accessed 2026-06-22
- Ecosystem Marketplace: How Guatemala Blended REDD+ Projects — accessed 2026-06-22
- World Bank FCPF Guatemala Benefit Sharing Plan — accessed 2026-06-22
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