curl -X POST https://api.sequestor.dev/project-search \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"registry": "Verra",
"type": "Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use",
"naturalString" : "Projects that have co-benefits that involve local communities"
}'
import requests
url = "https://api.sequestor.dev/project-search"
payload = {
"registry": "Verra",
"type": "Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use",
"naturalString" : "Projects that have co-benefits that involve local communities"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
[
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"description":"This project description document covers COMACO operations in part of the Central province (Mumbwa and Shibuyunji districts) and part of Southern province (Itezhi-Tezhi district) of Zambia. The COMACO South Landscape Management Project (CLMP-South) promotes sustainable agriculture land management and improved forest management. The key objectives of the project are to improve agricultural soil management through climate smart agricultural practices and reduce uncontrolled forest loss and degradation through community base conservation and land use planning. Hence, the project comprises two components:\r\n1. Sustainable Agricultural Land Management (SALM) component \u2013 which aims to promote widespread adoption of agricultural practices including conservation agriculture and agroforest that increases the food production per unit area. The project promotes the adoption by farmers of legume-based alley cropping, residues management (e.g. mulching; cessation of residue burning), use of organic fertilizers such as composite and animal manure, reduced tillage and the intercropping of Gliricidia Sepium as part of Agroforestry to restore soil quality and sequestrate carbon.\r\n2. REDD+ (Avoided Unplanned Deforestation) component \u2013 which aims to reduce forest loss, protect and expand areas under natural forest, and conserve biodiversity. This is achieved primarily through land use planning and creation of Community Conservation Areas (CCAs) for protection of natural forest, coupled with sustainable non-extractive forest use, e.g. honey and mushrooms. The creation of CCAs and the enforcement of by-laws to protect them promotes the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity within and around the CCAs.\r\nThe annual average GHG emission reductions of the project are estimated at 224,504 tCO2-e, and total GHG emission reductions over 20 years are estimated at 4,490,084tCO2-e. This estimate considers only the first 10 years of GHG emission reductions for the REDD+ component.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Zambia",
"methodology":"VM0042,VM0048",
"name":"COMACO South Landscape Management Project",
"proponent":"Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO)",
"reductions":189258,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4987,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"OYU Green's Greening India Mission (GIM) aims to rejuvenate Assam's landscape by expanding the green cover of dormant land through a strategic agroforestry model. With farmers and landowners at the forefront, GIM focuses on long-term carbon dioxide removal by establishing Plantation Management Units (PMUs) using native tree species, thus combating climate change. The flagship initiative extends beyond carbon removal by uplifting local communities and safeguarding biodiversity.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"India",
"methodology":"VM0047",
"name":"OYU - Greening India Mission (GIM)",
"proponent":"OYU Green Private Limited",
"reductions":112120,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4985,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The REDD+ project is called Yambone, which in Yao, the local dialect, means 'To Make Better'. The project aims to improve various aspects of the Chipanje Chetu area in the northern part of Sanga district. The main objective is the conservation of the miombo forest, a complicated and delicate ecosystem that is the victim of illegal deforestation by farmers and charcoal burners. In addition, the project aims to improve the existence of the five local communities, helping them to develop as sustainable a path as possible, accompanying them in various areas, from improving agriculture to health, from access to energy to education. The project area covers a large area, 6500 square kilometres, and to protect it, the help of the community is needed, part of which will be taken on by the project and will be an integral part of it. The Yambone project is designed to be developed as a traditional carbon project, with the addition of specific actions and monitoring of the community and biodiversity components. Thus, not only will the carbon contained in the area and related risks be estimated and quantified, but also specific activities for some particularly fragile community categories will be implemented and improved over time, and animal and plant species of particular importance to the ecosystem will be identified and then watched over and monitored, demonstrating that the project will bring benefits in this respect as well. Objectives In summary, the main objectives of the Yambone REDD+ project are therefore as follows: \u2022 protection of forest and carbon stocks against illegal deforestation \u2022 community development, focusing on sustainable practices \u2022 biodiversity enhancement, using the presence and behaviour of key species as a proxy Finally, the Yambone REDD+ project is designed to be replicable and scalable, annexing neighbouring areas in the near future. Assessing the minimum requirements of neighbouring areas to be annexed to the project,",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Mozambique",
"methodology":"VM0007",
"name":"Yambone REDD+ Project",
"proponent":"Carbon Sink Group s.r.l.",
"reductions":71730,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4966,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Peruvian Amazon Conservation Project is an Improved Forest Management Project (IFM) that will reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) by preventing commercial logging (logged to protected forest - LtPF) in 291,590 hectares of tropical rainforest. The project is implemented by 21 tribal communities in partnership with the Amazon Conservation Group (ACG) and Desarrollo Ambiental y Social Peru (DAS). The project is located in the Pur\u00fas Province in the Ucayali Region in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The project area is made up of several indigenous territories and represents ancient ecosystems. These ecosystems provide critical habitat to threatened fauna and flora as well as provide ecosystem services for the local communities that have lived there for millennia.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Peru",
"methodology":"VM0010",
"name":"Peruvian Amazon Conservation Project",
"proponent":"Multiple Proponents",
"reductions":750000,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4919,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The objective of the Agroforestry Project of Cameroon is to reforest an area of around 10,000 hectares, starting with degraded plots in Cameroon currently managed as unused or under-used agricultural lands or degraded grasslands, and reforest the landscape while sequestering carbon dioxide. The degraded land will be rehabilitated with tree canopy cover, and over time local hydrology and soil health will be restored. The grouped Project will control erosion and increase water infiltration, as well as provide local employment opportunities while contributing to the region\u2019s food security.",
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"location":"Cameroon",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
"name":"Agroforestry Project of Cameroon",
"proponent":"Multiple Proponents",
"reductions":12,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4883,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Amazonas APD Grouped Project (hereafter called GPD) aims the forest conservation on private properties located in Amazonas State (AM), a Brazilian state inside the Legal Amazon. The Amazonas State has 1,559,255.881 Km\u00b2 of territory, and its capital is the city of Manaus. The State has 2.53 hab/km\u00b2 as demographic density; a population of 3,941,613 habitants, 0.7 as Human Development Index (which is considered high, however, there are enormous inequalities between the 62 municipalities), and R$ 965 as monthly household income per capita. \r\nThe Project\u2019s Sectoral Scope is the 14, set on AFOLU project category Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), on type Avoiding Planned Deforestation (APD).\r\nThe GPD's main goal is to create positive economic incentives to landowners for the rainforest conservation in private areas, through income generation from carbon credits commercialization. In this way, BRC expects to escalate the climate impact promoted by the implementation of carbon projects, bringing positive net benefits to communities and biodiversity. The GPD two initial project activity instances implementation will result in the direct conservation of around 26 thousand hectares of forest.\r\nThe landowners who decide to join the initiative, by giving up their right to clear their forest areas legally will be able to access financial resources from the carbon voluntary market, becoming brCarbon partners. The partnership between brCarbon (hereafter called BRC) and landowners will result in legal protection of forests, forest monitoring by satellite images, carbon stocks inventory, property surveillance, wildfire monitoring, prevention, and firefighting activities, threatened species protection, and social engagement activities with traditional communities living inside the project area.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Brazil",
"methodology":"VM0007",
"name":"AMAZONAS APD GROUPED PROJECT",
"proponent":"BRCARBON SERVICOS AMBIENTAIS LTDA",
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"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4850,
"status":"Inactive",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Ruvuma landscape is a forest corridor connecting the Nyerere National Park in southern Tanzania with the Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique. The Ruvuma Wilderness Project area falls within the greater Miombo Ecoregion, a forest system which covers much of the ancient African plateau and is typified by rolling deciduous woodland punctuated by grassland drainage lines. \r\n\r\nThe objectives of this project are to empower local communities through the deployment of direct revenues into existing governance structures, and support local efforts to preserve the miombo forest and biodiversity in the landscape. The Project area consists of five Wildlife Management Areas (Chingoli, Kimbanda, Kisungule, Mbarang\u2019andu and Nalika).",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Tanzania",
"methodology":"VM0048",
"name":"Ruvuma Wilderness Project",
"proponent":"Carbon Tanzania",
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"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4838,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"This Mixed afforestation with native and non-native species in Argentina-I project consists of the afforestation of 1,006.98 hectares with different types of pine and eucalyptus species and a 3% of the area with a mix of native species. No harvesting activity will be done, to maximize the CO2 sequestration from the atmosphere. \r\nThe project activity will be carried out in two locations owned by Garruchos S.A and managed by Cambium. Puerto Valle Ranch and Garruchos Ranch, located in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. The area has a suboptimal quality and degraded soil due to the historical unmanaged cattle raising. \r\nThis afforestation project will be carried out considering the existing local guidelines of Good Forest Practices and it will have the FCS certificate, which ensures that the design, planting and maintenance of the forest are carried out through a sustainable forest management program avoiding negative impacts on biodiversity, local communities, and water bodies.\r\nThe project activity converts a degraded area, where extensive livestock activity was historically carried out, into an afforestation project activity with no harvest. As the goal is carbon capture, pruning activities are also not anticipated. In addition, the afforestation will contribute to minimizing soil erosion, protecting, and restoring areas degraded by extensive cattle raising. Moreover, a native species domestication program will be implemented together with Misiones National University, aiming to further study native species\u00b4 growth demands and conditions.\r\nThe absorption of GHGs will occur through the carbon reservoirs that will be generated through afforestation, with a start date of September 1st 2022. These include aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, and soil organic carbon. The project is estimated to remove a total amount of 993,822 tCO2 over a 40-year period, which works out at an average reduction of 24,845 tCO2 per year.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Argentina",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
"name":"Mixed afforestation with native and non-native species in Argentina-I",
"proponent":"Cambium Earth SL",
"reductions":20030,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4763,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The project is in Fangcheng County, Nanyang City, Henan province, China. It changes the previous traditional agricultural management practices to multiple Improved agricultural land management practices. 54,901 ha cropland with corn and wheat rotated is involved in the project.\r\nThe intensity of tillage in the project scenario is decreased by reducing the frequency of tillage. The tillage is conducted every three years instead of each year. Organic fertilizer is used to replace part of the inorganic fertilizers. Moreover, the crop straw in the project area is returned to the field. These IALM practices can improve soil health and the SOC content will also be increased. Besides, N2O emissions are avoided due to reduced application of nitrogen fertilizer.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"China",
"methodology":"VM0042",
"name":"Fangcheng Improved Cropland Management Project",
"proponent":"Nanyang Soil and Fertilizer Station",
"reductions":228698,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4753,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Carbono Rural Paraguayan Chaco project aims to promote sustainable grazing practices in degraded pastures in Western Paraguay, targeting farmers practicing continuous or unsustainable grazing. The project aims to enhance grazing system productivity, soil carbon sequestration, and reduce GHG emissions. Paraguayan Chaco's primary economic activity is livestock farming, with farms ranging from 1,000 ha to 60,000 ha. Traditional management includes extensive pastures, resulting in degradation due to mismanagement, pests, weed proliferation, and overgrazing, mainly due to a lack of technical advice and high costs for sustainable practices. The project leverages carbon market incentives to promote sustainable farming.\r\n\r\nCurrent practices lead to severe pasture and soil degradation, reducing land productivity and carbon retention capacity. The project seeks to restore soil properties, prevent degradation, and increase livestock productivity through controlled grazing, pest and water management, and producer capacity building. Desde el Suelo, an agronomic extensionist team, will implement and monitor project activities.\r\n\r\nIncreased grassland productivity is expected to sequester carbon, improve livestock production, and bring community and biodiversity benefits: i) enhance livestock production efficiency and stability, ii) improve soil quality, iii) raise livestock farming incomes, iv) enhance soil and grassland biodiversity, v) reduce pollution, vi) strengthen community resilience, vii) boost rural employment and skills in grazing management, viii) improve rural worker well-being, and ix) enhance animal welfare. The project aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals:\r\n\r\nSDG Goal 2: Zero Hunger\r\nSDG Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth\r\nSDG Goal 13: Climate Action\r\nSDG Goal 15: Life on Land\r\nThe project is a grouped initiative in Paraguayan Chaco, aiming to generate 445,697 tCO2e/year reductions and removals using Methodology VM0042 v2.0.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Paraguay",
"methodology":"VM0042",
"name":"Carbono Rural Paraguayan Chaco",
"proponent":"Ecosecurities Group Limited",
"reductions":268028,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4746,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The grouped project \u201cReforestation of lands for multiple purposes as a sustainable development driver\u201d has as its stated goal the promotion of sustainable reforestation in Southern Brazil, specifically in the states of Paran\u00e1 and Santa Catarina, aiming to achieve net removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. \r\nThe land use that has historically predominated in these states is non-forested lands, such as agriculture and cattle raising. The project proposes a change in the traditional land use of this region, promoting reforestation practices as a sustainable alternative, either to produce wood for multiple purposes based on rapid-growth species (for example, Pinus.spp or Eucalyptus.spp), and/or to restore areas based on native species of the local phytophysiognomy. The overall purpose of this initiative is to develop economically profitable reforestation system, integrating reforestation activities for the purposes of production and restoration of conservation areas, which simultaneously provides environmental and social benefits to the region. This grouped project also contemplates the possibility of silvopastoral systems implementation, nonetheless, emission removals will only be claimed for the reforestation activities.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Brazil",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
"name":"Reforestation of Lands for Multiple Purposes as a Sustainable Development Driver",
"proponent":"Klabin SA",
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"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4720,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Baviaanskloof Carbon Project will seek to sequestrate carbon through rehabilitation and restoration of the subtropical Albany Thicket biome The project includes a broad set of additional activities, including initial land rehabilitation (e.g., erosion control measures), the establishment of nurseries and replanting of specific indigenous species, as well as the long-term management of grazing pressure at a level that allows thicket recovery. This process leads to an increase in both biomass- and soil organic- carbon stocks, thereby gradually sequestering atmospheric carbon over time.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"South Africa",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
"name":"Baviaanskloof Carbon Project",
"proponent":"Baviaanskloof Bewarea NPC",
"reductions":18268,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4699,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"\u201cPUR - Agroforestry Project in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica\u201d began in 2020 in the west of the country in a coffee production cluster known as La Giorgia. The objective of the project is to plant trees under agroforestry models with small and medium-sized coffee producers certified as AAA producers of the Nespresso program, who want to engage in more sustainable agricultural practices to improve resilience to climate change. \r\nPUR is implementing this agroforestry project, with the support of 3 local implementing partners (ECOM, VOLCAFE and ASANA) and coffee farmers to plant trees in their coffee lands and at the landscape level. The implementing partners oversee operations of the project providing technical support, training, and free access to seedlings to farmers. \r\nThe project is being implemented in coffee plantations established in the 1920s. Historically the coffee landscape has had little or no shade within the crop. Without the project, Farmers engaged in the project are small scale farmers with very little financial resources: without the project, they wouldn\u2019t have the capacity to invest in tree planting since it can be an expensive activity, especially under agroforestry complex and diversified models.\r\nMain objectives of the project are:\r\n\u25cf\tClimate change mitigation through carbon removals generated by tree-planting activities.\r\n\u25cf\tIncrease climate change resilience of agricultural lands.\r\n\u25cf\tRehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Costa Rica",
"methodology":"AR-AMS0007",
"name":"PUR - Agroforestry in coffee landscapes of Costa Rica",
"proponent":"The PURE PROJECT SAS",
"reductions":2110,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4686,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The project\u2019s goal is to remove greenhouse gas (GHG) by implementing sustainable grazing management and controlled burning phases across the Limpopo - Lipadi (L-L) reserve. The baseline scenarios include loss of perennial grasses and destruction of indigenous trees and shrubs from wildlife grazing leading to erosion, soil carbon loss, water runoff and reduced wildlife carrying capacity. The project type that corresponds to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) is \u201cImproved Grassland Management (IGM)\u201d of the project category of \u201cAgricultural Land Management (ALM)\u201d. The project aims to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) through adjustment of burning and controlled grazing. \r\n\r\nThe L-L wildlife conservation reserve covers an area of 20,712 hectares with all land units assembled from a contiguous group of traditional Botswana former cattle farms in the Tuli Block region. This area would establish phase 1 of a project that can incorporate further farms and common areas within the locale. A proposed phase 2 would see the project activities expanded to nearby cattle farms and game reserve areas, with the Limpopo-Lipadi team organizing the implementation of grassland management and/or controlled grazing techniques. \r\nPrior to the land becoming a wildlife conservation area, the farm was used for cattle ranching and limited cropping. There is overwhelming evidence of over grazing and the land when it was assembled in 2004 was severely degraded. This was compounded by drought and the conservation reserve had reached a tipping point in recent years, leading to further soil erosion and grassland degradation, to the detriment of the resident wildlife and ecosystem.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Botswana",
"methodology":"VM0032",
"name":"SOIL CARBON MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED GRASSLAND: LIMPOPO-LIPADI, BOTSWANA",
"proponent":"Carbon Credit Capital LLC.",
"reductions":10000,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4670,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Regeneration Meghalaya Project is a grouped project under ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation) category that aims to increase tree cover through planting a majority of indigenous trees that are suited to local conditions of the bioregion. The project is located in the Khasi, Ri Bhoi Jaintia and Garo Hills regions, in the Northeastern state of Meghalaya, India. Regeneration Meghalaya will plant trees across up to 30,000 ha of wasteland. The project aims to plant up to 40 - 64 million trees sequestering up to 23 Million tonnes of CO2e in Meghalaya. In addition, the project aims to reach a significant number of beneficiaries over a period of 35 years. The GHG (greenhouse gas) removals in the project would be created by improving the land though planting new trees and plants in the eligible project areas. The project\u2019s broader aims are to restore ecological integrity, reduce soil erosion, improve ecological functions, increase biodiversity and improve livelihoods. In this regard, the project will monitor and report on the co-benefits for climate adaptation, biodiversity and people through the climate, community and biodiversity standard (CCB). The project taps into and is led by indigenous knowledge custodians to accelerate landscape restoration and sustainably develop both tree-based and non-tree based products to create value chains and grow sustainable livelihoods. The project goals are aligned to the local needs and existing land use systems, farmer-led species selection that prioritise indigenous and naturalised species, and customised solutions to challenges identified by local stakeholders. The project area is home to the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes, and the majority of the land is held under private / clan ownership, with some community control and management.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"India",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
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"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4626,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"This afforestation project, set up in anthropogenic savannahs on the Bat\u00e9k\u00e9 Plateau east of Kinshasa, aims to develop carbon sink plantations, i.e. plantations where wood is little or no harvested, in order to maximize greenhouse gas sequestration in the long term. The majority of the project's area will therefore be dedicated to forest plantations with this main objective. Another objective of these forest plantations will be the timber production: some trees will be cut down very selectively in order to maintain the constant volume of the forest stand over time, while sustainably a local timber sector, replacing informal logging of natural forests. We also know that another effective tool to combat deforestation is an alternative and renewable source of charcoal for urban use and agricultural products, based on the establishment of agroforestry plantations (trees rows will be intercropped with lines of food crops).\r\nAs a result, the Project will have several social and environmental benefits such as (1) CO2 sequestration on land that is currently non-forested and unused, (2) Less pressure on the surrounding natural forests, thanks to the production of charcoal and timber from sustainably managed plantations, and the sensitization of local populations to agroforestry, that is more sustainable and productive than slash-and-burn agriculture or (3) Job creation, increased incomes and local development in a territory heavily affected by unemployment.\r\nIn this project, we account for the removals of GHG that occurred through the creation of the plantations: we use the UNFCCC AR-ACM0003 CDM methodology and the VCS Guidance AFOLU Guidance: Example for Calculating the Long-Term Average Carbon Stock for ARR Projects with Harvesting (Version of the 8 March 2011). The project plans to generate carbon credits for the voluntary market under the VCS standard. The first accreditation period is 30 years. The sequestration of GHG is estimated at 5,000,075 tCO2-e.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Democratic Republic of the Congo",
"methodology":"AR-ACM0003",
"name":"Kwango River Project, Democratic Republic of Congo",
"proponent":"FRM Commitment",
"reductions":166669,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4617,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
},
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"description":"The Boreal Wildlands Forest Carbon Offset Project creates GHG reductions and removals through the \r\npurchase and management of 145,173 ha of private forest land, located in the Ontario Boreal shield \r\nforest, by The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) for the creation of a conservation-based forest \r\ncarbon project.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Canada",
"methodology":"VM0034",
"name":"Boreal Wildlands Forest Carbon Offset Project",
"proponent":"The Nature Conservancy of Canada",
"reductions":251959,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4587,
"status":"Undergoing validation and verification",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
},
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"description":"The proposed ARR VCS project plans to promote sustainable agroforestry for small-scale farmers to provide them with financial benefits and ensure GHG mitigation in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The project is being conducted in five divisions of Bareilly Forest Circle of Uttar Pradesh, namely Bareilly Social Forestry Division. The main agroforestry tree species planted by farmers for the year are Eucalyptus, Poplar, Teak, Guava and Mango. These species have higher productivity that leads to sequestration of carbon dioxide at faster pace and ultimately reduces GHG emissions.This project will also help in increasing tree outside forest (TOF) that will add in mitigating climate change. The project shall also enhance the income of farmer communities along with biodiversity conservation and improvement of soil health.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"India",
"methodology":"AR-AMS0007",
"name":"Strengthening rural livelihood through carbon finance: Agroforestry practices in Bareilly Forest Circle of Uttar Pradesh",
"proponent":"Uttar Pradesh Forest Department",
"reductions":18382,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4557,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
},
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"description":"In Sierra Leone, mangrove forests are under severe threat from the pressures of subsistence-based harvesting for construction material and fuelwood for cooking and smoking fish. The health of mangrove ecosystems is directly tied to the social and economic well-being of local communities that depend on them for sustaining their traditional livelihoods in fishing and shellfish harvesting. Communities further depend on the mangroves for preventing erosion, which threatens coastal villages. Through a community-based and livelihood driven approach, and in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone, this grouped project will generate greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals through avoided deforestation and reforestation of mangrove ecosystems in the Bonthe and Moyamba districts, identified as global hotspots for biodiversity and home to some of the most marginalized communities in Sierra Leone. The project will begin with the conservation of 10,624 ha of mangroves on Sherbro Island, expanding in subsequent instances to include conservation activities in a combined total of over 74,000 ha of mangrove forests. Restoration activities will similarly expand from an initial 50 ha to an estimated total of 2,000 ha of degraded mangrove areas that are now threatened by erosion or abandoned due to saltwater intrusion.",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Sierra Leone",
"methodology":"VM0033",
"name":"Community-Based Mangrove Conservation and Restoration in Sierra Leone",
"proponent":"West Africa Blue",
"reductions":258000,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4539,
"status":"Under development",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
},
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"description":"Giant bamboo plantation, developed on an area of \u200b\u200b35 hectares in the municipality of Montemilone (Pz) Italy",
"hidden":false,
"location":"Italy",
"methodology":"AR-AMS0007",
"name":"basilicata bamboo",
"proponent":"Societa' Agricola Bambu\u2019 SRL",
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"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4527,
"status":"Under validation",
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},
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"description":"The \u201cImproved cropland management project in Keyouqianqi\u201d aims to raise farmer's awareness on the benefits of sustainable agriculture and how to change the agricultural practices to help in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The project will assist farmers to overcome barriers that prevent adoption of improved agricultural land management practices and provide technical assistance where needed. The objectives of the project is to reduce emissions from agricultural practices and increase soil carbon storage, in order to achieve these, a package of practices that change the pre-existing agricultural management activities will be carried out, the specific activities are the following:\r\nA. Improve fertilizer (organic or inorganic) application;\r\nB. Reduce tillage/improve residue management; and\r\nC. Improve crop planting and harvesting",
"hidden":false,
"location":"China",
"methodology":"VM0042",
"name":"Improved cropland management project in Keyouqianqi",
"proponent":"Harbin Ruying Technology Co., Ltd.",
"reductions":598500,
"registration":null,
"registry":"Verra",
"resourceIdentifier":4504,
"status":"Under validation",
"type":"Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use"
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"description":"The Grouped Project Sul da Bahia falls under the Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) category and targeting the following Verra certifications: Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), and Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standard (CCB). The project aims to restore forest formations that are diminished due to the expansion of other land use practices such as overgrazing on extensive cattle ranches, intensive agriculture and silviculture systems. The grouped project is located in the Atlantic Forest biome in the state of Bahia (Brazil). Restoration is attained through forestation activities using native and non-native species. Project activities also include harvesting and establishing agroforestry systems to diversify and maximize project benefits for all parties and communities involved. The overarching goal of the project is to create a biodiverse forest cover that combines carbon capture, biodiversity and community impacts with a diversity of economic functions such as sustainable production of crops and forest products.",
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"registry":"Verra",
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"description":"Kijani Forestry is a social enterprise founded in 2019, located in Uganda. Kijani\u2019s mission is to empower smallholder farmers to generate income and combat climate change through the establishment of sustainable wood lots. As of 2022, Kijani has planted over 5 million trees with over 8,000 farmers throughout northern Uganda. Kijani works in partnership with local communities, government agencies, international non-governmental agencies, universities, and other stakeholders to implement sustainable land use practices and agroforestry management systems. Through these partnerships, Kijani aims to build capacity and establish a foundation for sustainable development in Uganda through growing trees that provide income-generating opportunities for farmers. \r\nKijani works through a network of thousands of organized small groups across Uganda to establish small-scale nurseries, train farmers in nursery management, and mobilize farmers to establish fuelwood lots on their private land. Kijani\u2019s unique approach addresses many of the barriers faced by rural farmers who wish to plant trees; Kijani provides all inputs needed for a productive tree nursery, including properly sourced seeds, potting bags, equipment for maintenance, and materials needed to care for seedlings. Kijani\u2019s field staff are stationed in the communities full-time, and provide regular training to groups on nursery establishment and maintenance, seedling care, pest management, agroforestry practices, and fuelwood lot establishment and management. At any given moment, a Kijani staff member is no more than a bicycle ride away from a Kijani nursery. Kiiani\u2019s continuous presence, and strong relationships, in the community is critical to the long-term success of the project. In addition to its reforestation efforts, Kijani provides training and support to communities to help them establish sustainable forest management practices and create economic opportunities through various forest products.",
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"status":"Registration and verification approval requested",
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"description":"Agroforestry is a land use management system combining trees with crops or livestock on the same land. Agroforestry is widely practiced in Bangladesh, particularly in rural areas where it is an important component of smallholder farming systems. It is used for food production and environmental services. The project is located in Bangladesh and Chapainawabganj, Nogaon, and Rajshahi districts of Bangladesh are considered in the first instance. As we move forward, the benefits of horticulture-based agroforestry ecosystems will also be brought to other parts of the country. The country is home to many fauna and flora and has five different types of ecosystem i.e., coastal ecosystem, inland freshwater ecosystem, terrestrial forest ecosystem, and hilly ecosystem. The main aim of the project activity includes the plantation of fruit-bearing trees on the farmlands of smallholder farmers. The agroforestry systems deliver several forest products, agriculture products, and ecosystem services which may enhance the social well-being of the local farmers and national and global community. The primary activity of the project is to onboard farmers who are practicing agroforestry plantations on their farmland. The Project Proponent along with the local implementation partner will implement project activity including plantation activities, along with capacity building and training programs. The species selected for agroforestry plantation include Mango and Guava but will be diversified further over time. The implementation of the project would generate GHG emission removals and improve the local environment through growth of the trees, increasing the source of income, and enhancing the capabilities of farmers. The project is expected to generate annual average GHG emission reductions or removals of 167,587 tCO2e.",
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"proponent":"Varaha ClimateAg Private Limited",
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"status":"Registration and verification approval requested",
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"description":"Primarily, the project focuses on plantation of native agroforestry species on the lands that are degraded common and fallow agriculture lands in the baseline year. The project area continued to be degraded, prior to project activity. Additionally, the project activities include development of water and soil moisture conservation structures like pond, gabion etc. in the water scarce regions of project area to ensure round the year availability of water for irrigation and maintenance of tree plantations. The project activities aims to generate carbon sink and regulate micro climates and also restore degraded habitats to have a positive impact on the community.",
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"location":"India",
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"name":"RESTORATION OF DEGRADED LAND TO ENHANCE TREE COVER AND IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS OF FARMERS IN INDIA",
"proponent":"Pernod Ricard India Foundation",
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"status":"Under validation",
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