CO2e annual reduction on average
to be planted
The project area is located in Mapiripán, a municipality located in the Meta department of Colombia, which sprawls majestically over approximately 1.194.905 hectares, harboring exceptional natural wealth with diverse ecosystems and unique biodiversity but having the third highest national deforestation rate.
The project, consisting of 3 lands, El Paraiso, San Carlos and San Gabriel, with a combined area of 83.608 ha seeks to protect 78.370 hectares of primary rainforest from deforestation and additionally to start an ARR initiative on approximately 4.000 ha, spread across the lands El Paraiso and to a lesser extent San Carlos.
The first project developed on the ground is an nursery for ecosystem recovery, providing 300.000 seedlings the first year with an increasing capacity of around 700.000 small trees every year after.
The aim of the nursery is to create local employment opportunities, to produce around 3-4 million seedlings needed for our reforestation project and to be a provider of seedlings for other projects.
Our focus is on growing native species to mimic the original ecosystem as much as possible.
A successful project is defined by more than a high amount of CC, for us the social & biodiversity impact is at least as important.
We aim to contribute to the following 10 SDGs in our Colombia project.