The Mayan Forest is the northernmost tropical rainforest in the Americas and has lost over 50% of its original canopy cover.
This project will support the Mayan Forest in becoming the wildlife sanctuary it once was, sequester carbon to help fight climate change, and will empower local communities to transform their land into a thriving forest that also benefits them.
The project will be implemented with multiple ejidos. Ejidos are community owned lands that have formal land tenure set up with the Mexican government. These ejidos are primarily made up of indigenous Mayan people.
We are implementing agroforestry projects that will plant native forestry, fruit, and medicinal species in the area that will sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, increase forest cover, and increase benefits from the land to the local communities.
The project will pay community members to restore their community land, will benefit the community through sustainable agroforestry programs, and will generate a generous percentage of carbon credits for the community to continue to preserve the forest long term.
This project is implemented through the Climate Action Reserve’s Mexico Forestry Protocol, which is recognized as one of the top carbon registries that exists globally.