Clean Development Mechanism - Reforestation Projects, San Nicholas and Chinchina, Colombia

background

The CDM permits these projects to generate carbon credits based on the amount of carbon sequestered in trees that will be planted on private land currently used for agriculture.

Goals & approach

These two projects plan to use the clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to sell carbon credits via reforestation and afforestation.

Reported Takeaways

Project proponents argue that the current agricultural land has low yields, is used for cattle pasture, and that landowners would gain more economic benefit from carbon payments and from timber harvest.