TransparenC: Bringing Carbon Projects to Life

About the
Project Area

The REDD+ PAZcífico Sur project is an initiative developed in eighteen community councils in the department of Nariño, with the support of Fundación Agroimpulso and CO2CERO SAS, whose objective is the reduction of emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation in 371,748 hectares during a period of twenty years, through conservation, improvement and increase activities in carbon reservoirs.

PAZcífico Sur's overarching objectives are to:

1. Evaluate the emissions avoided by community councils through their conservation, restoration and sustainable management actions.

2. Identify and implement conservation activities that mitigate and prevent the growth of de-risking factors for deforestation.

3. Guarantee compliance with the regulatory and socio-environmental framework related to the project for twenty years.

4. Generate a transparent and equitable distribution of benefits according to the resources obtained from the commercialization of avoided GHG emissions within the project.

5. Guarantee free, prior and informed consent, and the participation of all actors involved in the GHG mitigation initiative, consolidating a continuous flow of information between the parties.

Emission Impact

Quantification of Emissions

High-integrity carbon credits are those that are robustly and conservatively quantified. We not only visualize projected emissions impact but also assess and validate the carbon stocks of projects throughout their lifetime. Our integrity check leverages reference site analyses to provide robust quantification and assurance that each credit issuance represents at least one metric ton of carbon.

Additionality

Carbon projects are additional if they would not have occurred in the absence of carbon credit generation. On the flip side, projects are not additional if the carbon avoidance or removal would have occurred in the status-quo ‘business as usual’ scenario. We test the additionality resilience of projects by using geospatial analyses and remote sensing capabilities to evaluate dynamic baseline scenarios.

Permanence

Permanence refers to how long the carbon dioxide removed or avoided will be kept out of the atmosphere. Permanence risk is when storage reversal occurs before the planned duration of storage (e.g. 50 years) is up. We monitor the project area for unforeseen disruptions and identify permanence risks by modelling the threat of adverse weather conditions.

Co-Benefits

The activities designed for the PAZcífico Sur REDD+ Project contribute to the achievement of some sustainable development objectives, guaranteeing the quality and permanence of the population, which are complementary to the social, environmental and economic co-benefits created. In accordance with the Land Use Sector of the project, contributions are generated that contribute to the fulfillment of 6 of the 15 objectives agreed upon by the UN.

Social