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Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (Bolivia)

Bolivia · San Ignacio de Velasco · See the Bolivia profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 3% 80/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since 1997, TNC and partners paid Bolivia to retire logging rights on ~600,000 ha of Amazon/Cerrado forest bordering Noel Kempff Mercado National Park—projected to avoid 6–8 Mt CO2e over 30 years and a global template for voluntary forest carbon.

~600,000 ha
Forest area under retired logging rights
6–8M tCO2e over 30 yr
Projected avoided emissions
Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (Bolivia)

Details

Promoter
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) / Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN)
Period
1997-present
Keywords
Amazon forest, carbon, REDD+, biodiversity, protected area

Context

Beginning in 1997, The Nature Conservancy and partners paid Bolivia to retire logging rights on about 600,000 ha of Amazon and Cerrado forest bordering Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, an early template for voluntary forest carbon.

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