» Greenoxx Global Environmental Program – The Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project

Madre de Dios Amazon Project has been developed by Greenoxx NGO, who also financed an important part of the project and will exclusively commercialize it.
Summary Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project (610 kB)

In December 2009, the Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project was approved according to the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards.  Due to its high social and environmental sustainability the project obtained Gold Level, being one of the first REDD projects to achieve said status:
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) Standards Certification - Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project
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The project has been registered in the Markit Environmental Registry, as another step towards its future registration in the VCS (Voluntary Carbon Standard). The project sold its first tons of CO2 in May 2010, at a USD 7 price per carbon certificate.
 
For more information, visit  < http://www.climate-standards.org/projects/index.html>  or contact Silvia Gomez at  < silvia@greenox.com >

» Amazonas Sustainable Foundation – The Juma Sustainable Development Reserve Project: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation in the State of Amazonas, Brazil

The Amazonas Sustainable Foundation is a public-private, independent and non-profit, non-governmental institution of public interest and without political party connections. It was founded in December, 2007, by the Amazonas State Government and the Bradesco Bank, according to its bylaws, approved by the State Public Ministry, in the title recorded at civil registry, according to federal and state laws.

For further information, please access http://www.fas-amazonas.org/.

For more information, see:
"The Juma Sustainable Development Reserve Project: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation in the State of Amazonas, Brazil", (6224 kB) Project Design Document, and the
CCBA (Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance) validation report (581 kB) by TÜV–SÜD Industrie Service GmbH for this project.

The Costs of REDD: Lessons from Amazonas (333 kB)

Methodology for estimating reductions of greenhouse gases emissions from frontier deforestation (1440 kB)