Conhuás
Mexico
Forest restoration
Conhuás is a community-based forest restoration project covering more than 58,000 hectares in the Campeche province of southeastern Mexico.
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Project type:
Forest restoration
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Project status:
Monitoring
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Methodology:
CAR Mexico Forest Protocol v3.0
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Project area (ha):
58,000
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Project zone (ha):
47,000
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Validator:
Ruby Canyon
UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Conhuás is a community-based forest restoration project. It covers an area of more than 58,000 hectares in the Campeche province of southeastern Mexico. Carbon revenues provide a key incentive to communities to keep the forest standing in the face of severe development pressure associated with the construction of the new and huge Maya train infrastructure project.
The land is owned by the Conhuás ejido (the name for community-held land in Mexico) which has entered an agreement with Toroto, the project developer, to create the Conhuás carbon project.
The Conhuás project is restoring the native forest in this key ecological zone – part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor – by managing the regrowth of the degraded areas in the forests, stopping all illegal wood harvesting and disincentivising the conversion of land for agriculture. It conducts community patrols to monitor biodiversity as well as mitigate the risk of illegal harvesting and fires.
The project is certified by Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and generates around 300,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits per year. It directly benefits almost 800 people who live in the ejido.
Project developer
Toroto
Toroto is a Mexican project developer working with nature-based solutions to solve the climate crisis. Toroto runs numerous projects across Mexico that the improve the carbon sequestration potential of the land.
Location
Conhuás is located in the Campeche province of southeastern Mexico.
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Our impact
The Conhuás project sits within one of the most densely forested areas of the Mexican tropics. Part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, this area is known for its plants and animals including tapir, jaguar, toucan and puma. As well as sequestering additional carbon from the atmosphere, Conhuás is reducing wildfire risk and monitoring wildlife in its project area.
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Number of hectares under conservation and restoration
58,000 hectares
Conhuás conserves and restores more than 58,000 hectares of highly threatened tropical forest.
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Carbon revenue and beyond-carbon benefits
75%
The Conhuás ejido receives 75 percent of the project’s carbon revenue with the remaining 25 percent going to Toroto. Toroto set aside 20 percent of their income to fund climate action activities.
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Tonnes of CO2 sequestered from atmosphere
300,000 tonnes
Conhuás consistently removes nearly 300,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year.
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Number of people benefiting from the project activities
800
The project directly benefits nearly 800 people who live in the Conhuás ejido.
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Endangered species and wildlife conservation
The project monitors biodiversity with camera traps which report signs of jaguar, tapir, puma, white-tailed deer and toucan.
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Native species
Reintroduces native tree species including sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), breadnut tree (Brosimum alicastrum), and logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum).
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Local employment opportunities
To reduce the risk of forest fires in the project area, Conhuás creates firebreaks and runs training sessions with community members.
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