Carbon Sequestration in Small Farms in the Brunca Region (Coopeagri)

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The Carbon Sequestration In Small Farms in the Brunca Region Project aims to generate 588,565 tons of CO2e emission reductions by 2017 through the reforestation of 4,140 hectares of privately-owned lands in southeastern Costa Rica. This will be accomplished by reforesting in a period of three years: 1,200 ha of pasture lands using natural regeneration; 2,490 ha of pasture lands using forest plantations; and by planting 180,000 trees using agroforestry systems in 450 ha of crop and pasture lands. The project will also generate additional ecological, wildlife, and landscape diversity benefits in the project area. There are two project components. Component 1, contracting landholders to provide environmental services, issues environmental service contracts with participating landholders, mainly for the provision of anthropogenic GHG removals, through human-induced promotion of natural seed sources (natural regeneration), forest plantations, and tree planting in agroforestry systems; and Component 2, supports monitoring and evaluation of (1) anthropogenic greenhouse gas removal, and (2) social and economic impacts. The project will support the implementation of a new monitoring system for afforestation/reforestation projects that include the participation of small and medium farmers in tropical regions. The project will also monitor and report any socioeconomic changes during project implementation.