Katingan Mentaya

The project was started to prevent the planned conversion of the forest area to industrial-scale acacia plantations. By establishing the conservation project, the KMP has prevented the release of greenhouse gas emissions that would have occurred had the project not intervened.

Alongside the goal of preventing deforestation caused GHG emissions, the project was founded on the related missions of safeguarding the forest’s biodiversity and improving the lives, well-being and economic opportunities of people living around the forest area.

The project is a triple gold rated forest carbon project, which means it has been third-party verified against the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standard.

All forests possess an important capacity for drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in the growing vegetation and organic matter. The KMP has additional significance because it holds more than 90% of its carbon reserve underground, in its soil.

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