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Activity Type: Avoided Deforestation

  • Manoa REDD+

    Manoa REDD+

    The Manoa REDD+ is one of the most effective avoided deforestation projects in the world. Located on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, the project protects 81,150 hectares of rainforest from illegal deforestation and conversion to agriculture and pasture.

  • Katingan Mentaya Conservation

    Katingan Mentaya Conservation

    The Katingan Mentaya Conservation project protects and restores 149,800 hectares of peatland ecosystems in Indonesia. The surrounding land was drained and converted to palm and other plantations, and the project prevents the protected area from the same fate. The are is a vitally important and dense carbon sink. While peatlands represent only 0.3% of the earth’s surface, their destruction contributes between 2-5% of annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Katingan is one of the highest-regarded, large-scale avoided deforestation projects in the world.