Integrating REDD+ and Green Economic Growth for sustainable forest landscapes by charlesehrhart

hello Sir, Could your reforestation activities include the uwse of fruit seeds ! A proposal detailing this idea ia available and the link is below. Kindly go through it & give valuable feedback. Thanks. https://www.climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/1300103/planId/1310401

Thanks for your questions, HelioLaubenhelmer. We are still in the process of entering data on our proposal. However, to answer your specific questions, we will be reforesting 70,000 ha. during the project's first phase. The State Government would like to see us slightly double that figure during phase 2. Timber species will be tropical teak and parica, a native species. We also have an MoU with a government research institution (EMBRAPA) to undertake R&D on other native species with commercial potential. Unfortunately, our options are currently limited. We will promote the transition to more native species as/when commercially viable. The plantations will grow eucalyptus for biomass.

Hello Sir, One solution to your resource limits could be fruit seeds discarded as waste by people all over the world. A proposal detailing use of fruit seeds to grow fruit-bearing trees is available. Link is below- https://www.climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/1301416/planId/1310401 Kindly go through it, give your feedback & try to utilize it. Thanks.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Kevin. First, with regards to biodiversity, we appreciate that grasslands can represent valuable habitats in-and-of-themselves. However, a few points: • These are not natural grasslands. They were created by clear-cutting forests. • Acre has more than 650,000 ha of degraded grasslands, much of which is exhibiting accelerated (and accelerating) soil erosion. Under a "without project" scenario, these grasslands would become increasingly sparse, with just a few hardy species dominating. • There are hundreds of thousands of additional grasslands under pasture in Acre. • We will, where economically feasible and otherwise attractive to landowners, establish agro-pastoral systems that combine pasture and agroforestry production. We tested this system for two-years and have had very positive results. That said, this won’t work on all farms. • The mosaic of managed plantations that we will help establish - complete with permanently protected waterways and other important features - will result in far more fractal edging than currently exists. • Our main conclusion, in-line with the IFC's Principles and Standards on Sustainability, was that the proposed land use change (grasslands to planted forests) would not result in a loss of biodiversity across the landscape. Put another way: our activities will not undermine unique habitats or threaten their dependent species. Second, projected emissions reductions from fuel-switch (diesel to biomass) were developed using the relevant CDM methodology. So, yes, they take into account all emissions from incineration. With regards to your point about local air quality, we will be installing a biomass gasification system. These systems burn exceptionally clean and, in any case, they are incomparably cleaner than the diesel generators currently in place. Third, biogasification/composting is great technology. However, it would not be a good fit for Acre: no current composting and insufficient supplies to support reliable energy production. Nor would this technology help create the market for biomass that can finance reforestation and reduce the economic drivers of deforestation in Acre.