Matavén REDD+
Location: Colombia
Intervention: Avoided Deforestation REDD+
Verification: Verra, CCB, SD VISta
The Project Area is dedicated to conserving 1,150,212 hectares of natural forest. Home to almost 16,000 Indigenous people, the Resguardo Selva Matavén is one of Colombia’s last well-preserved transition zones. Located at the transition zone between the Orinoquía savannas and the Amazon rainforest in Colombia, Matavén is a critical area for conservation, but also vulnerable to environmental pressures. Recognizing the urgent need for change, the communities came together to launch the REDD+ Mattavén Project. The strategic alliances provided the resources needed to protect the forests, biodiversity and waterways, while promoting sustainable development and safeguarding the cultural and social survival of the Indigenous peoples. The project goes beyond protecting the forest. REDD+ Matavén takes a holistic approach to sustainability, focusing on education, gender equality, and the alignment of modern conservation practices with ancestral knowledge. The aim is to foster lasting change that promotes sustainable practices and forest conservation while improving the quality of life in the region.
Today, REDD+ Matavén stands as a global model for Indigenous-led climate action, demonstrating how traditional knowledge and modern conservation can work together to stop deforestation, tackle climate change, and promote sustainable development
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The Earth Fund invests directly in the projects featured below, and will continue to enhance and diversify the project portfolio to ensure we deliver measurable impact with every dollar invested, and with a focused strategy on maximizing your impact ROI.
Rimba Raya REDD+
Location: Indonesian Borneo
Intervention: Peatland Protection REDD+
Verification: Verra, CCB, SDVista
The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve is located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, and is one of the largest REDD+ peatland forest projects in the world, avoiding nearly 130 million tonnes of carbon emissions.
Rimba Raya provides a buffer zone between the palm oil industry and the Tanjung Puting National Park, home to one of the last remaining wild populations of orangutans on earth.
In 2020, the project became the first REDD+ project in the world to be audited for compliance under the SD Vista Standard – achieving the highest possible rating of contributing to all 17 UN SDGs.
Matavén REDD+
Location: Colombia
Intervention: Avoided Deforestation REDD+
Verification: Verra, CCB, SD VISta
The Project Area is dedicated to conserving 1,150,212 hectares of natural forest. Home to almost 16,000 Indigenous people, the Resguardo Selva Matavén is one of Colombia’s last well-preserved transition zones. Located at the transition zone between the Orinoquía savannas and the Amazon rainforest in Colombia, Matavén is a critical area for conservation, but also vulnerable to environmental pressures. Recognizing the urgent need for change, the communities came together to launch the REDD+ Mattavén Project. The strategic alliances provided the resources needed to protect the forests, biodiversity and waterways, while promoting sustainable development and safeguarding the cultural and social survival of the Indigenous peoples. The project goes beyond protecting the forest. REDD+ Matavén takes a holistic approach to sustainability, focusing on education, gender equality, and the alignment of modern conservation practices with ancestral knowledge. The aim is to foster lasting change that promotes sustainable practices and forest conservation while improving the quality of life in the region.
Today, REDD+ Matavén stands as a global model for Indigenous-led climate action, demonstrating how traditional knowledge and modern conservation can work together to stop deforestation, tackle climate change, and promote sustainable development
Mai Ndombe REDD+
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Intervention: Avoided Deforestation REDD+
Verification: Verra, CCB
Mai Ndombe protects over 250,000 hectares within the world's second largest intact rainforest, the Congo. The rainforest is home to the bonobo, the endangered great ape that is humankind’s closest relative and found only in the Congo Basin, the endangered forest elephant, and the hippopotamus.
A mix of tropical and swamp forests, the project area is also part of the globally significant Lac Tele-Lac Tumba landscape, one of the most important wetlands in the world and the largest freshwater area on the African continent.
The project also empowers communities in one of the world’s most impoverished countries by creating a pathway to low-carbon economic development, agricultural and economic diversification, education, and healthcare.
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Location:Cambodia
Intervention:Avoided Deforestation REDD+
Verification:Verra, CCB
The Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, is a REDD+ project in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia's Ministry of Environment. The project protects 160,000 hectares, which is home to over 1,000 species, including more than 85 globally threatened species.
The project area has the highest recorded bird diversity in Cambodia, with over 350 species. It is also home to the world's largest known populations of Black-shanked douc langur and Yellow-cheeked crested gibbons, and it is especially important for monkeys, lesser apes, and lorises, with seven primate species living within its protected boundaries. Fewer than 500 endangered Asian Elephants are found in Cambodia.
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