Reforestation and Agroforestry Activities for Carbon Sequestration in the Chalaco District

The objective of this project activity is the reforestation of 2,215 ha with a mix of native and exotic species (Aliso (Alnus jorullensis), grevilea (Grevillea robusta), nogal (Juglans neotropica), sauco (Sambucus peruviana), lucuma (Pouteria lucuma), coffe (Coffea arabica) and pajul (Eritrina sp.)), including 415 ha of forest stands and 1800 ha of agroforestry systems located in the Chalaco district.

The project looks forward to enhance local capacities to manage their resources on a sustainable way, decreasing pressure over natural forest, mainly over the Mijal forest, producing wood for their constructions and fuelwood, enhancing the productivity of their agricultural lands and generally the life quality of the community.

Baseline Scenario

Which emissions are the proposed Clean Development Mechanism CDM project displacing?
The Chalaco Project aims to sequestrate carbon dioxide by using both native and foreign tree species, through the recovering of degraded mountain ecosystems.
What would the future look like without the proposed CDM project?
Without project the land use change would continue due to the deforestation for agriculture expansion. Without trees the soils on the hills would be eroded and the area would suffer water scarcity.
What would the estimated total greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction be without the project?
The reduction without the project will be done mostly due to the establishment of fruit tree plantations. With project, the estimated reduction will considerably increase, taking for comparisons the same amount of time.
On the other hand, there will be emissions released if the slash and burn activities doesn’t stop.

Current Status

Earliest project start date
The project is expected to start on April, 2007
Estimate of time required before becoming operational
Carbon sequestration will begin from the first year of plantations, with 220 hectares in 2007
What is the project lifetime?
30 years
Current status or phase of the project
• Environmental and socio-economic studies already finished
• Geographic Information System developed
• Capacity building with local stakeholders is being developed.
• Organizations in charge of reforestation already formed and trained.
• Pilot program in execution

Estimated Emission Sequestrated

• Up to and including 2012: 152 760 tCO2e
• Up to a period of 20 years: 517 653 tCO2e
• Up to a period of 30 years: 1 341 590 tCO2e

Project Benefits

• Recovery of the soil fertility, vegetation cover and landscape beauty.
• Increase of the volume and quality of the water, reduction of the floods and slides.
• Contribution to the mitigation of “El Niño” effects.
• Diversification of the production and improvement of the productivity.
• Capacity building of the productive organizations.
• Creation of new workplaces, increase of the population incomes and reduction of the migration processes.

Project Participant and Financing

Total project cost estimate:
• Development costs: US$ 128,400
• Installation costs: US$ 3,085,550
• Total project costs: US$ 3,500,000
Sources of finance to be sought or already identified:
• Equity: US$ 342 000
• Debt: US$ 3 158 591
• Carbon finance contribution sought: As much as the project can have in advance.

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