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Restoring the Kilómetro 120 Ejido

An inclusive community initiative to restore degraded lands with native vegetation

Mexico
Restoring the Kilómetro 120 Ejido

Embedded in the most extensive forest area in the Mexican tropics, near the Calakmul Reserve, this project is located in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. The mosaic of forest degradation is primarily due to the construction of roads, fire, the expansion of agriculture and livestock rearing and both legal and illegal logging of mahogany and cedar. Today, the families who live in the reserve are in a precarious position, relying heavily on practices which degrade the forest to meet their needs. But that is all about to change thanks to this restoration project.

Location
Mexico
Type
Afforestation, Reforestation Revegetation (ARR)
Standards
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Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

To learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals verified by the standard for this project, please check the project's registry link above.

The Solution

With the income from carbon credits, the communities and the project partner have come together to design a range of activities which boost efforts to restore the area. This includes replanting and managing degraded patches of land with native vegetation species; establishing permanent monitoring sites and camera traps to prevent illegal logging, fires and understand the local biodiversity in more detail; training community members to tackle forest fires, poaching and illegal logging; and creating a management plan for the sustainable use of the forest, such as planting latex trees that can be used to produce natural chewing gum. 

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The Impact

Thanks to the project, over 7,800 hectares of degraded forest will be restored, resulting in carbon dioxide being sequestered from the atmosphere and new sustainable livelihoods created. Once again this forest reserve can thrive and support flourishing wildlife as well as the communities who call it home.

Project ID: 304174
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