Dear donors,
We are very grateful for your continued support in this great Carbon Credits project, as we had told you in our last report, we have 2 scenarios for this type of project, the first focused on the existing pine plantations and the other project for new plantations.
These last months we have learned the model of this type of project, and we are working on the profile of the new plantations project, the design is aimed at 1600 families and 1600 hectares per year for 7 years continuous approx. The province selected for its location is Paruro, in 4 of its Districts, Huanoquite, Omacha, Accha and Ccapi.
The requirements of the pre-feasibility profile of the project have led us to give priority to aspects such as:
The identification of the 32 peasant communities as direct actors and governmental, civil society and business organisations as indirect actors.
We are carrying out a public consultation on the project, informing about its positive and negative impacts. This activity aims to obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent on the implementation of the project, as well as to establish a mechanism for consultation, input, complaints and grievances. The activity has been very well received by the rural communities, who have given their approval and made proposals for areas to establish nurseries and plantations.
We have given continuous accompaniment and training to the peasant communities on the step-by-step steps to follow in order to have their organisations in force as legal entities and on the ownership of the land under Peruvian law.
Another important aspect has been to know the opinion and recommendations on the project that could generate the National Forestry and Wildlife Service, the Ministry of Environment and the Regional Government of Cusco among other stakeholders, we are currently awaiting a response.
In the field we are in the middle of the construction of the nurseries. The team of Pachamama Raymi together with the families are working on the preparation of the land and the substrate so that they have the best conditions and allow an excellent production of seedlings.
- We are grateful to find ourselves in a situation that allows us to continue serving the farming families.
- We hope to continue counting on your generosity and to continue sowing prosperity!
- Help us with your donation, tell your loved ones about our project, let's Sow Prosperity!
BLESSINGS
- TEAM PACHAMAMA RAYMI
Trees for 2023
Dears Donors
We have travelled a road full of uncertainty, stumbling blocks and also of progress and lessons learned in the Carbon Credits project.
We continue to affirm that the future of the planet is in the hands of family farmers.
We continue to work with the project to recognise 2,166 hectares as a Carbon Credits project, with 248,511 tCO2-e, in 26 years.
We are also working on a new project for Cusco of 1600 hectares of trees. The potential of these projects is very high, offering a triple environmental, economic and social benefit in the rural communities.
The analysis of the degraded ecosystem requires a lot of research. The assessment strategy we have implemented comprises the following steps:
1. Mapping and identification of the degraded area in the communities.
The first step we have executed has been the mapping of the degraded area.
- We identified the limits of the degraded areas in each of the rural communities.
- We identified the areas with loss of vegetation cover, with the help of information from the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology.
- Consultation of research from the Ministry of the Environment, the National Forestry Service, and the San Antonio Abad University of Cusco, among others.
- Physical legal analysis of the land, we reviewed the ownership of the land at COFOPRI and with the community presidents.
- Consultation of management instruments, we reviewed all local environmental, social and productive policies, strategies and plans.
- Identify relevant ecosystems, satellite images have been very valuable in this step.
- Locate areas to be restored with respect to district boundaries
- Locate area to be restored with respect to ecosystem types.
The implementation strategy goes hand in hand with local stakeholders families, community and municipalities.
With this work we have expanded the possibilities for farming families to be the protagonists of their future.
Our next steps:
- Continue to evaluate the eligibility criteria for Carbon Credit certification standards.
- We hope to have good news of getting funding for these projects that are the future.
We are grateful to be in a situation that allows us to continue to serve our community during this crisis.
We hope to continue to count on your generosity and continue to sow prosperity!
Help us with your donation to Sow Prosperity!
BLESSINGS
TEAM PACHAMAMA RAYMI
The future of farming families and the planet is in the trees
Dear Donors,
We are very grateful for your continued support to the farming families, who are the protagonists of their own future.
The families continue to practice what they have learned during the years of direct impact of the Pachamama Raymi methodology; the future of their family and the planet is in the trees.
In March, we expanded the scope of the Carbon Credits Pre-Feasibility Study.
The communities have been very receptive during the geo-referencing field activity, and see this project as a great opportunity.
The farming communities have invited us to participate in their community assemblies to learn more about this project and to let us know their vision for the future and their needs.
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We have also given them information on how to register their plantations with the National Forestry Service (SERFOR), a government entity that accredits them with legal ownership of their timber, mushroom products, resins, carbon credits, among others.
The farming communities have invited us to participate in their community assemblies to learn more about this project and to let us know their vision for the future and their needs.
We have also given them information on how to register their plantations with the National Forestry Service (SERFOR), a government entity that accredits them with legal ownership of their timber, mushroom products, resins, carbon credits, among others
Likewise, we invite the peasant communities to carry out the procedures regarding the ownership of their land, an indispensable requirement for accrediting ownership of this type of project.
It was identified that the public data available is up to date until 2014, presenting differences with the data presented during the georeferencing.
With this work we have expanded the possibilities for farming families to be the protagonists of their future.
Dear Donors,
We are very grateful for your continued support to the farming families, who are the protagonists of their own future with your help.
We have great news!
We have added new plantation areas and new families to our projects, we have also completed the implementation of projects such as Omacha Próspero and the 1096 families who are prosperous with a vision of the future, with self-esteem, with clean, tidy, beautiful and cozy homes, all this in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and in compliance with preventive measures.
We are very happy with the results obtained, we are confident that the 1096 families will continue with the good practices improving day by day their living conditions and recovering the environment.
The new project areas will have an impact on 1597 families, in:
- District of Accha-Prov. Paruro -Cusco.
- District of Independencia-Prov. Vilcas Huamán-Ayacucho
- District of Capacmarca-Prov. Chumbivilcas-Cusco.
- Districts: Laraos, Alis, Tomas, Tinco, Huancachi- Yauyos-Lima Prov.
- District of Echarati-Prov. Convención-Cusco
The objective is to accelerate the recovery of degraded soils, while helping the villages, and the families living in them, to manage their natural resources in a sustainable way.
These families will sow prosperity for their families and the planet. The latest publications on climate change call for action. In Pachamama Raymi every day is important, every family, every tree adds to the great goal of caring for and protecting the future of our planet.
We have been negotiating agreements with the municipalities, initiating contests, training in forestation, healthy homes, taking care of the plants in the nurseries, taking firm steps together with the families to comply with the plan for the future.
Every day the actions and facts related to environmental recovery are more important and these families make it possible thanks to their support.
We are grateful to be in a situation that allows us to continue serving our community during this crisis.
We hope to continue counting on your generosity, and to continue Sowing Prosperity!
Help us with your donation to Sow Prosperity!
BLESSINGS
PACHAMAMA RAYMI TEAM
Farming families are the protagonists of the future
Progress Report
Dear Donors,
We are very grateful for your continued support to the farming families, who are the protagonists of their own future.
The families continue to practice what they have learned during the years of direct impact of the Pachamama Raymi methodology; the future of their family and of the planet is in the trees.
In December 2021 we started the geo-referencing of hundreds of hectares, with a view to be incorporated into the Pre-feasibility Study of Carbon Credits.
We visited 9 districts Independencia, Caicay, Ccarhuayo, Ccatcca, Marcapata, Ocongate, Omacha, Pitumarca and Urcos; and finally incorporated 1339 new hectares.
While in the field, when we started the georeferencing activities, we found some forestry practices that need to be improved, such as:
the minimum distance of 3 meters between trees,
the care not to let animals graze in the plantation area;
The steep slopes on which the trees are planted decrease the estimated area.
Due to the altitude, the mortality rate is around 5% per hectare.
Due to the altitude, the best developed species is Pinus radiata.
The communities were very receptive when the georeferencing activities and their usefulness were explained to them.
Georeferencing will allow the farming families to register their trees with the National Forestry Service (SERFOR), a government entity that certifies the legal ownership of their timber and products such as mushrooms, resins, carbon credits, among others.
At the time of representing the data taken in the field, we found situations where the plantations were reflected within other districts, i.e., the boundary records between communities are not clear, and this should be reviewed by the same community members with the competent authorities and finally we identified that some communities have not registered their territory plans in the MINAGRI, so it is difficult to locate them in a plantation plan.
With this work we have expanded the possibilities of the peasant families to be the protagonists of their future.
The next steps require a strong availability of funds to make this a reality.
It will take us 12 months and $152,833 to implement the project.
We hope to continue counting on your support to make this project a reality.
Join us in Sowing Prosperity!
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