The project prevents deforestation in 28,000 hectares of pristine rainforest in western Acre state, Brazil, home to the Amazon basin and some of the world’s most biodiverse habitats. The project works with communities and local groups and uses carbon revenues to help protect ecosystem services. 35 communities live inside the project area, all in close proximity to the northern banks of the Valparaiso River, a major tributary of the Amazon providing critical ecosystem services. Improvements to roads leading to the area have greatly increased the pressures on the lands.
Sustainable Development Goals In addition to delivering approximately 150,000 tonnes of emissions reductions each year to take climate action (SDG 13), the project delivers a number of other sustainable development benefits. These include:
Life on Land: A key part of the project is the land owners working with the families to give them formal rights to individual parcels of land in return for assistance in preventing deforestation.
Zero Hunger: The local farmers association is being supported through the project to help to build a local crop processing plant, and new equipment to increase the productivity of the lands.
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