The project has an area of 12,000 hectares of natural forest, privately owned (expected  participation of 100 individual owners), dispersed in an area of interest of 39,522 hectares within the Conservation Area of Cordillera Volcánica Central (ACCVC), specifically in the Forest Reserve of Cordillera Volcánica Central (RFCVC), located in the provinces of Cartago and Limón. It is expected to gradually complete 12,000 hectares depending on the owners will to subscribe to the payment for environmental services project promoted by the Pax Natura Foundation and the institutions involved: FUNDECOR (Fundación para el Desarrollo de la  Cordillera Volcánica Central), INBio (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad), and FONAFIFO (Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento Forestal).

With the project implementation it is expected to avoid the deforestation in an area of 5,379 hectares under natural forest, which would represent approximately 1.5 million Mg CO2e avoided during the years 2009 and 2019.