Project Registry Link: Amazon Rainforest Conservation | VCS2551
Amazon Rainforest Conservation Project
Protecting Brazil’s Amazon rainforest at scale—this project spans 30,750+ hectares conserving native forests, protecting biodiversity, and delivering social benefits to local communities. [min. – 4,000 tonnes]
Project Type
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+)
Registry
VERRA Voluntary Carbon Standard
Unit Type
VCU
Methodology
VM0007 REDD+ Methodology Framework (REDD+MF), Version 1.6
Project ID
VCS2551
Vintage
2021
Why support this project?
The Brazilian Amazon APD Grouped Project is a high‑integrity REDD+ (Avoided Planned Deforestation) initiative that protects native rainforest across 15 private properties in Brazil’s Legal Amazon. By focusing on planned (legally permitted) clearing, the project delivers a clear climate outcome: landowners waive their right to legally deforest a portion of their land and commit to maintaining forest cover for the long term.
We support this project because it couples strong permanence provisions—including 40‑year legally binding agreements (renewable up to 100 years)—with rigorous third‑party certification and monitoring. The project is validated under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and certified under the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, achieving CCB Gold Level for biodiversity
Who we work with?
We work with the project proponent BRCARBON SERVICOS AMBIENTAIS LTDA (brCarbon), a Brazilian environmental services company with a portfolio of forest carbon and conservation projects. The project is implemented across 15 participating private properties, where landowners enter conservation agreements that underpin the project’s avoided deforestation outcomes.
How this Method works
Learn and understand how this project leads to emissions reductions by viewing our Carbon Methods page.
Project Location
Community and Biodiversity Impact
Community Impact:
The project invests carbon revenue into locally led initiatives that strengthen wellbeing and resilience for communities living in and around the project area. These initiatives include support for education and connectivity (such as school upgrades and expanded internet access), improved access to clean water and renewable energy solutions (including solar kits and water pumps), and health partnerships and campaigns delivered with local health services. Verified outcomes reported for the project’s activities include 370 people supported with access to clean water and 219 people with improved education access, with benefits reaching women and children. The project also supports sustainable livelihoods—including flour and honey production—and skills-building through training workshops that have empowered 79 people (38 of whom were women), alongside the creation of 10 local jobs over the project’s lifetime.
Environmental and Biodiversity Impact:
By conserving 30,750.5 hectares of Amazon forest, the project not only protects ecologically significant habitat and safeguards biodiversity at scale but also monitors around 896 animal species (of which 346 are endemic and 29 are threatened with extinction. This contributed to the project’s CCB Gold Level biodiversity status. Beyond species protection, maintaining intact forest supports wider ecosystem services such as improved soil carbon retention, reduced fire risk, and enhanced watershed protection, helping strengthen long-term ecological resilience across the landscape.
SDGs: The project is aiming to contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
value
$20.00/Tonne of CO2e
Tonne of CO2e
94849 in stock
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