Community-Based Sustainable Forestry - Caatinga
Overview
Location: Crato, Ceará, Brazil
Description: This project implements sustainable forestry practices in the Caatinga dry forest, with a strong emphasis on community involvement and benefit-sharing. The project aims to improve forest health, enhance biodiversity, provide sustainable livelihoods for local communities, and contribute to climate change mitigation.
Project Landscape
Key Features and Benefits
Environmental
- Improved Soil Health and Water Management: Sustainable forestry practices improve soil health, water infiltration, and water retention in the Caatinga dry forest.
- Enhanced Carbon Sequestration: The project enhances carbon sequestration in both trees and soil, contributing to climate change mitigation.
- Reduced Deforestation and Habitat Loss: Sustainable forestry practices help reduce deforestation and protect crucial habitats in the Caatinga.
- Sustainable Product Provision: The project provides sustainable timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs), supporting local livelihoods and reducing pressure on natural resources.
- Biodiversity Conservation: Sustainable forestry practices contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in the Caatinga dry forest.
Biodiversity
- Endangered Species Protection: The project helps protect endangered Caatinga species by preserving and restoring their habitats.
- Enhanced Habitat Connectivity: Sustainable forestry practices can enhance habitat connectivity, allowing for greater species movement and gene flow.
- Forest Regeneration: The project promotes forest regeneration, increasing the area of healthy Caatinga forest.
- Support for Plant Diversity: Sustainable forestry practices support the diversity of plant species in the Caatinga.
- Improved Ecosystem Resilience: The project improves the resilience of the Caatinga ecosystem to drought, desertification, and other environmental stresses.
Social
- Job Creation in Forestry: The project creates jobs in sustainable forestry and related activities, providing employment opportunities for local communities.
- Community Income Generation: Sustainable forestry provides income for local communities through the sale of timber and NTFPs.
- Stakeholder Empowerment: The project empowers local stakeholders by involving them in forest management decisions and benefit-sharing mechanisms.
- Sustainable Livelihood Promotion: The project promotes sustainable livelihoods for local communities, reducing their dependence on unsustainable practices.
- Community Development Support: By providing income and resources, the project supports community development in the Caatinga region.
Potential Impacts
Environmental
- Careful Planning and Management: Sustainable forestry requires careful planning and management to avoid overharvesting and ensure long-term forest health.
- Overharvesting Risk: Sustainable harvesting practices and monitoring are essential to prevent overharvesting of forest resources.
- Forest Fire Risk: The project needs to address the risk of forest fires, which can have devastating impacts on the Caatinga ecosystem.
- Forest Health and Biodiversity Monitoring: Ongoing monitoring of forest health and biodiversity is crucial to assess the project's effectiveness.
- Community Participation in Management: Active community participation in forest management is essential for long-term sustainability.
Biodiversity
- Impacts on Wildlife: Changes in forest structure and composition can impact local wildlife populations, requiring careful monitoring and mitigation.
- Species Selection: Carefully selecting species for planting and harvesting is crucial for maintaining biodiversity.
- Food Web Dynamics: Changes in forest resources can affect local food webs, requiring careful consideration.
- Biodiversity Monitoring: Ongoing biodiversity monitoring is essential to assess the long-term impacts of sustainable forestry practices.
- Mitigation Measures: Implementing appropriate mitigation measures is important to minimize negative impacts on biodiversity.
Social
- Community Consultation and Engagement: Meaningful community consultation and engagement are essential throughout the project lifecycle.
- Resource Conflict Potential: The project needs to address potential conflicts over forest resources among different stakeholders.
- Equitable Benefit Sharing: Ensuring equitable benefit sharing among community members is crucial for social equity and project success.
- Transparency and Accountability: Transparency and accountability in forest management and benefit sharing are essential for building trust and ensuring fairness.
- Social Inequality Risk: Careful management is needed to prevent the project from exacerbating existing social inequalities.
Project Metrics and Links
Metric | Description | Unit | Value |
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Project Start | Project initiation year | Year | 2023 |
Area | Total project area | Hectares | 9,000 |
Estimated CO2 Removal (10 years) | Carbon sequestration potential over 10 years | tCO2e | 90,000 |
Estimated CO2 Removal (20 years) | Carbon sequestration potential over 20 years | tCO2e | 216,000 |
Estimated CO2 Removal (30 years) | Carbon sequestration potential over 30 years | tCO2e | 324,000 |
Total Estimated CO2 Removal | Total carbon sequestration potential over 30 years | tCO2e | 630,000 |
Links:
Digital Due Diligence:
Link to Due Diligence Document/PlatformB3 Green Bonds Information:
Link to Green Bond InformationVerra Carbon Credit Registry:
Link to Carbon Credit Registry
Changelog
- 2023-11-21: Initial project documentation created.
Contributors
- Manuela Souza (LinkedIn Profile)