Unitor REDD+ Forest Protection
REDD+
Forestry
プロジェクト概要
This project's mission is to conserve and protect the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity through nature-based solutions. It seeks to combat climate change, generate high-quality carbon credits, and reconcile the environment, society, and market.
The project protects forests located in one of the regions with the highest deforestation rate in the Amazon biome: the municipality of Lábrea, in Amazonas. Lábrea is geographically located near the "Arc of Deforestation" and neighbors other highly deforested municipalities, as well as the Ituxi and Evergreen projects.
Before the project's implementation, the Unitor area suffered a deforestation rate of 0.81% annually—the equivalent of 194 soccer fields—principally due to cattle raising. In 2018, the project began monitoring carbon stock measurements and fauna, flora, and forest integrity, as well as developing income alternatives for extractive communities.