Grouped Project
Brazilian Amazon
REDD+ APD (Avoid Planned Deforestation)
The Brazilian Amazon Grouped Project is an initiative aimed at forest conservation in surplus Legal Reserve areas of private properties located in the nine states of Brazil’s Legal Amazon.
This is a Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) project, in the category of avoided planned deforestation (APD), registered on the Verra platform under ID 2551.
Performed
Performed
Projection
*Projection based on areas in progress, under development and organic growth.
Located in
Brazil's Legal Amazon
Status
Ongoing
REDD+APD
Clear and Indisputable
A REDD+APD project basically consists of preventing the clearing of areas that are legally authorized for vegetation suppression. The landowners waive the right to use these areas for agriculture or livestock and commit to keeping them conserved for 40 years.
REDD+APD
Secure and verifiable basis
Safeguarded from the complexity of the baseline of REDD AUD projects, as well as ongoing methodological changes, the Brazilian Amazon project provides a consistent and robust baseline, with solid and transparent additionality.
REDD+ APD projects are able to effectively highlight the real intent of deforestation and provide a secure and verifiable baseline, unaffected by the current REDD+ methodological updates underway at Verra.
Project Background
Highlights and timeline
2021
April-May 2021: Socio-economic diagnosis and 1st biodiversity survey (PAI # 1 to 5)
July 2021: CLPI (PAI # 2 to 5)
July-August: Forest biomass inventory (PAI # 1 to 5)
August 2021: Signing of the conservation agreement with the landowner (PAI # 1 to 5)
August 2021: Water potability analysis (PAI # 2 to 5)
August-October 2021: Phase 1 of digital inclusion (5 towers and 70km of optical fiber)
September-October 2021: Socio-productive analysis (PAI # 2 to 5)
October 2021: Sustainable agriculture management field day (PAI #2 to 5)
October 2021: 2nd biodiversity survey (PAI #1 to 5)
October 2021: Pink October Campaign – lectures and services geared at women’s health (PAI # 4)
October 2021: Computerization and digital inclusion in 2 schools (PAI # 4)
October 2021: 1st distribution of photovoltaic and hydraulic systems (PAI # 2, 3 and 5)
October 2021: Social, cultural and environmental mapping (PAI # 2 and 5)
October 2021: Environmental education activities (PAI # 2 to 5)
October 2021: Delivery of water filters (PAI # 2 to 5)
2022
March-April 2022: Planning meetings with communities (PAI # 2 to 5)
March 2022: Mapping of Brazil-nut trees begins (PAI # 4)
May 2022: Conservation agreement signed with the landowner (PAI # 6)
May-June 2022: Forest biomass inventory (PAI # 7 to 15)
May 2022: Signing of the conservation agreement with the landowner (PAI # 7 and 8)
May 2022: Verra validation and verification
June 2022: Socio-economic analysis (PAI # 7 to 15)
June 2022: Phase 2 of digital inclusion (4 towers)
June-July 2022: 1st biodiversity survey (PAI # 8 to 11, 14 and 15)
July-August 2022: Soil and leaf litter carbon inventory (PAI # 8 to 11, 14 and 15)
July-August 2022: Renovation of Yolanda School (SeringalPorongaba, Sena Madureira/AC)
August 2022: Field day on agricultural management and good practices (PAI # 7 to 15)
August 2022: 3rd biodiversity survey (PAI #2 to 5)
August 2022: Signing of the conservation agreement with the landowner (PAI # 15)
August-September 2022: use of LiDAR to measure carbon stock (PAI #2 to 5)
September 2022: Medical and dental care campaign (PAI #2 to 5)
September 2022: 3rd biodiversity survey (PAI # 1)
September 2022: Renovation of Manuel Rufino School (SeringalPorongaba, Sena Madureira/AC)
November 2022: Installation of an artesian well (Vila Brasil Community, Paragominas/PA)
November 2022: FSC certification for forest conservation and management (PAI # 2)
November 2022: Registration and issuance of the first credits
2023
January 2023: Maintenance of internet towers
February 2023: Social engagement meetings (PAI # 1)
February and March 2023: Planning meetings with communities (PAI # 2 to 5)
April 2023: Verra verification
April 2023: audit process
April 2023: support and audiovisual recording of the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Indigenous Land Barreirinha – Amanayé people)
May to August 2023: maintenance of transport infrastructure
June 2023: environmental education workshop
June 2023: start of construction of the school in the Irmã Dorothy Settlement
August 2023: School construction begins (Irmã Dorothy Community, Paragominas/PA)
August and September 2023: Fire brigade training (PAI # 7 to 15)
September 2023: notorization of land donation
September to December 2023: distribution of energy and water kits
October 2023: workshops with women’s groups
November 2023: exchange between communities to develop associations and value chains
BRAZILIAN AMAZON REDD+ GROUPED PROJECT PHOTO GALLERY
Impact
Climate
50+ million tCO2e avoided between 2021 and 2032*
Amount of carbon that is no longer released into the atmosphere by not legally clearing an area of forest, equivalent to almost 1 year of emissions by the state of Santa Catarina (SEEG 2023)
*Projection based on areas in progress, under development and organic growth.
Community
770+ beneficiary families
High impact: 70+ families
Medium impact: 250+ families*
Low impact: 450+ families*
*Benefits in the same area of influence as the Cauaxi AUD project
Power and water
- Installation of 41 kits: solar panel and battery, water pump and freezer
- Drilling of a community artesian well
Communications and digital inclusion
- Installation of 9 towers and approximately 60 km of optical fiber for internet access
Land issues
- Process of donation and regularization of more than 3 thousand hectares of land, benefiting 42 families (recognition of possession rights as property)
- Coordination and support for command and control activities to remove bad faith occupants from the territory
Empowerment
- Promotion and support for the formation of women’s groups
- Support and strengthening of a group of young people
Other
- Repair of side roads and bridges
- Fire brigade formation and training
- Environmental education workshops
Education
- Construction and renovation of 4 schools serving around 150 students (2 in progress)
- Installation of solar panel and battery, computer, printer, TV and internet access for 2 schools
- Hiring 2 cooks for 2 schools
- Drilling of artesian wells in 2 schools
Health Care
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2 itinerant medical and dental services:
259 appointments in 2021;
1665 appointments in 2022.
Livelihood
- Visits to model farms (good livestock farming practices)
- Mapping of Brazil-nut trees (Brazil-nut extractivism)
- Training in copaiba management (copaiba oil extractivism)
- Support and strengthening of the community association
- Community exchange for the development and promotion of associations and local production chains
- Diagnosis and promotion of production chains
Culture
- Support and audiovisual recording of the celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day (Amanayé people, from the Barreirinha Indigenous Land)
- Support for sociocultural celebrations (sporting, religious, educational, identity)
Biodiversity
794 animal species being monitored
334 endemic species
34 endangered species
(CR/EN/VU - IUCN Red List)
In addition to preserving the habitat, surveying and monitoring the fauna and flora in the project areas generates knowledge about the diversity and geographical distribution of species in areas that have never been surveyed before, as well as identifying endemic and endangered species.
Brazilian Amazon
Grouped Project
The Brazilian Amazon project is validated to the Verified Carbon Standard – (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity - CCB (Biodiversity Gold Level) standards, audited annually by an independent Verra-accredited institution.
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