Ignacio Távara Dry Forest Reforestation, Sustainable Production and Carbon Sequestration Project

This project activity aims to achieve the reforestation of 9 520 ha with dry forest native species, specifically Prosopis pallida (Algarrobo), Capparis scabrida (Zapote) and Cordia lutea (Overo), in the “Ignacio Távara Pasapera” community, recovering degraded areas, prone to desertification, and developing sustainable economic activities.

The project is conceived using easy-to-replicate technologies and promoting the intensive use of local labor, assuring that the biggest part of the benefits will remain in the community.

Baseline Scenario

Which emissions are the proposed Clean Development Mechanism CDM project displacing?
The project intends to sequester CO2 using sinks.
What would the future look like without the proposed CDM project?
Historically, land use over the project area produce a deforestation process equal to complete deforestation of 56,14 ha per year. This scenario is caused mainly cause of illegal wood harvesting, charcoal production and overgrazing. Without the project, the pressure over the forest resources will continue and increase, mainly due to activities such as firewood harvest and goat cattle rise. The forest cover in the area is less than 20% of the total.
What would the estimated total greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction be without the project?
Baseline for the project is 81141.26 tCO2e, and total reductions are 1356368.4 tCO2e by year 30. Without the project, deforestation and degradation processes will continue, transforming the Dry Forest in a desert land.

Current Status

Earliest project start date
Preliminary activities have been developed as a part of the Dry Forest conservation plan. Planting will begin on the first trimester of 2006.
Estimate of time required before becoming operational
Carbon sequestration activities will start 1 year after the beginning of the project activities.
What is the project lifetime?
The project aims to maintain the forest perpetually, promoting a rotation period of 38 years for the harvest of wood products.
Current status or phase of the project
• Land identification and site selection completed
• Local capacity building developed for more than 05 years
• Feasibility study finished
• PDD on validation phase by the National Environmental Fund prior to its presentation to the DNA for its approval

Estimated Net Emission Reductions

• Up to and including 2012 : 573 864.96 tCO2e
• Up to a period of 20 years: 930 767.35 tCO2e
• Up to a period of 30 years: 1 272 376.50 tCO2e

Project Benefits

• Re-establishment of 9 556 ha of forest in degraded land, combating desertification and conserving the dry forest ecosystem.
• Increment of forest coverage, incorporation of organic matter to the soil, conservation of local biodiversity and enhancement of the ecosystem capacity to produce and maintain environmental services.
• Increment of the employment rate and improvement of life conditions. Reduction of the migration process that affects the region.
• The project will improve organizational capacities at a local level, improving their capacities to understand and manage the project at the different levels of production and commercialization, aided by technical cooperation.

Project Participant and Financing

Total project cost estimate:
• Development costs: US$ 80,000
• Installation costs: US$ 3,917,715
• Total project costs: US$ 5,791,546
Sources of finance to be sought or already identified:
• Equity: Not defined
• Debt: Not defined
• Carbon finance contribution sought: As much as we can have in advance.

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