Key Facts
Location: Madre de Dios Province, Amazon basin, Perú.
Project type: REDD+
Area: 100.000 hectares of rainforest
Project standard: VCS Verified Carbon Standard & CCB Standards
Project start date: January 2009
Total emissions reduction: 660.000 ton CO2 per year
The project consists of 100.000 hectares of rainforest, located in the Peruvian Amazon, only 400 km from the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu, the “Lost City of the Incas”. The area is located less than 30 km to the side of the new inter-oceanic road that has recently united Brazil with Peruvian ports. The project is within the region that belongs to the Ecological Corridor Vilcabamba-Amboró, one of the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspots.
Project description:
The Madre de Dios Amazon REED Project. This inspiring project reduces deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and protects the habitat of endangered species and the livelihood of local indigenous communities who rely on the forest for their survival. Saving the forests of the Amazon is truly the right move to make.
Help us to protect this unique reservoir of biodiversity and indigenous cultures and to mitigate climate change.
Project information: https://greenoxx.com/madre-de-dios.html