Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (Bolivia)
Bolivia
Since 1997, TNC and partners paid Bolivia to retire logging rights on ~600,000 ha of Amazon/Cerrado forest bordering Noel Kempff …
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Katingan Mentaya REDD+ Peatland Conservation Project (Indonesia)
Indonesia · Palangkaraya · See the Indonesia profile
World's largest forest-based avoided-emissions project: 157,875 ha of tropical peatland in Central Kalimantan verified at 7.5M tCO2e/yr under Verra VCS+CCB Gold, protecting 39 partner villages and over 5% of the remaining Bornean Orangutan population.
157,875 ha
Superficie del proyecto
7.5M tCO2e/yr
Emisiones evitadas verificadas
39
Aldeas asociadas
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- PT Rimba Makmur Utama (PT RMU) / Permian Global
- Period
- 2010-present
- Keywords
- Peatland, carbon, REDD+, biodiversity
Context
El proyecto Katingan Mentaya conserva turberas tropicales en Kalimantan Central, Indonesia, bajo las normas Verra VCS y CCB Gold, trabajando con aldeas asociadas locales y protegiendo el hábitat del orangután de Borneo.
Results
El proyecto abarca 157.875 ha y está verificado en unos 7,5 millones de tCO2e de emisiones evitadas por año, involucrando a 39 aldeas asociadas y protegiendo más del 5% de la población restante de orangutanes de Borneo.
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
- PT Rimba Makmur Utama (PT RMU) / Permian Global — accessed 2026-06-20
- CIFOR REDD+ casebook: Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project — accessed 2026-06-20
- Permian Global: Katingan Mentaya project overview — accessed 2026-06-20
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