Katingan Biodiversity and Wetland Restoration

Biodiversity and Wetland Restoration

Preserving Indonesia’s Tropical Peat Forest Protecting the rich biodiversity and increasingly scarce wildlife habitat including the endangered Bornean orangutan The biodiversity and wetland restoration project aims to reduce Indonesia’s emissions by preserving some 14,980 hectares of tropical peat swamp forest. This area, rich in biodiversity, including the endangered Bornean […]

Biodiversity and wetlands reserve project

Location: Indonesia
Project type: ARR; REDD; WRC
Project ID: VCS1477
Status: VCS & CCB Registered
Crediting period: 1st, 01/11/2010 – 31/10/2070

Verified carbon projects sit alongside reduction. They do not make a venue or event carbon neutral or net zero.

What the project does.

The biodiversity and wetland restoration project aims to reduce Indonesia’s emissions by preserving some 14,980 hectares of tropical peat swamp forest. This area, rich in biodiversity, including the endangered Bornean orangutan, was originally designated to be converted into palm oil plantations.

The primary project activity achieves biodiversity goals, protecting endangered species and preventing the development of palm oil plantations that would have released both above and belowground carbon deposits. As a result, the burning, logging and draining of peatlands required to convert to palm oil plantations has been avoided and over 50 endangered species are now being protected.

Located in the Katingan and Kotawaringin Timur districts of Central Kalimantan, the project encompasses one of Indonesia’s largest intact peat swamp forests and aims to ensure sustainable incomes for local communities while addressing global climate change.

The project has a strong commitment to environmental and sustainable development that benefit local communities through the following contributions:

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