Juma Sustainable Development Reserve

Project Status:

Operational

Project Developer(s):

Fundacao Amazonas Sustentavel (FAS)

Contact Details:

Gabriel Ribenboim

+(92) 4009-8900

gabriel.ribenboim@fas-amazonas.org

Amazonas State will invest the resources generated by avoided CO2 emission in controlling and monitoring deforestation within the Juma reserve and improving the region’s living standards. Investments are also expected to generate sustainable economic activities and to sponsor research and conservation project in and out the Juma reserve. Project Goals include reducding deforestation and degradation in 366.151 ha of rainforest, an area that is under severe land conversion pressure. The project aims to avoid the emission of 210,885,604 million tones of CO2 into the atmosphere by 2050, generating carbon credits equivalent to 189,767,027 tons of CO2 emissions. Additionally, the project seeks to improve the well-being of forest peoples living in the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve and its surroundings.

Location

Novo Aripuaña, AM

Brazil

Project Type:

Afforestation or Reforestation

Project Type:

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation [REDD(+)]

Hectares:

589,612

Forest/Land Cover Type:

Tropical moist

Species Planting Mix:

Native and exotic plantings: more than 50% native

Standards:

Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB)

Verifier(s):

Tuev Sued

Credit Status:

Other

Market:

Voluntary Over-the-Counter Market (OTC)

Total Reductions:

189,767,028

Credit Buyers:

Marriott International

Investors:

Amazonas Government and Bradesco Bank