Chaco Vivo is the largest REDD+ project in Paraguay
Despite Gran Chaco's regional and global significance, the region is one of the most deforested on earth, losing over 1,000 hectares of tree cover per day.
What are the regional risks?
Despite Gran Chaco's regional and global significance, the region is one of the most deforested on earth, losing over 1,000 hectares of tree cover per day. Since 2001 over 6.9 million hectares of forest were lost in the country of Paraguay. This is the equivalent to losing the size of Luxembourg every year.
How do we plan to mitigate these?
Project Chaco Vivo will mitigate deforestation pressures in the region and protect this important yet critically threatened ecosystem, which provides habitats to thousands of plants and species - including numerous endemic and IUCN red list species. The project also addresses all 17 UN SDGs as part of its design.
What impact will we bring?
Chaco Vivo is a People Project at heart with numerous communities living within the Project's AOI, including Indigenous communities of the Maskoi. Key to Chaco Vivo is a robust social program called the L.I.F.E. Program, which provides a tangible system of socio-economic enrichment programs to improve livelihoods.
