Location: Paraguayan Chaco Region

Impact Reforestation in the Chaco Project

The project focuses on reforesting degraded cattle lands with silvopastoral systems, enhancing pastures for continued grazing. It tackles lands impacted by high salinity and erratic weather, using tree species that endure these conditions and improve soil health through nitrogen fixation. This reforestation aids in connecting green corridors and generating significant carbon sequestration, certified under the Verified Carbon Standard. The project combines productive and native trees, yielding low carbon proteins and non-edible vegetable oil, contributing to renewable biofuel production with minimal carbon intensity. Its research center is a leading producer of oil-producing tree species, aiming for an annual capacity of over 7 million trees.
  • Started in: 2020
  • Status: Active
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PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS

50M
Trees to be planted

700K
Annual credits to be generated

120K
Hectares to be restored

250+
Members of the community to benefit

Biodiversity

The project safeguards more than 12 species, including the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), puma (Puma concolor), jaguar (Panthera onca), gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira), lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), tayra (Eira barbara), and additional reptiles and amphibians. The project’s reforestation activities aim to enhance biodiversity by increasing forest cover and connecting wildlife corridors.

Impact Reforestation in the Chaco Project - Biodiversity
Impact Reforestation in the Chaco Project - Community

Community benefits

The Impact Reforestation in the Chaco Project aims to offer:

  • Employment opportunities;
  • Training of local workforce;
  • Technology, know-how, and best practices transfer;
  • Full involvement of the local Chaco population including indigenous communities;
  • Support community education and medical programs; and
  • Employees’ housing programs.

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