Financing Empowerment of Local Communities and Mitigating Climate Change through a Carbon Credit Business Partnership

By avoiding deforestation and concurrently restoring degraded forest on carbon-rich peat swamps in the Mawas area in Kalimantan, this project mitigates climate change, protects biodiversity, and empowers local communities socially and financially. The project aims to develop a mutually beneficial partnership model that pilots and develops an innovative, long-term financing model of community-led forest management through carbon credit payments.

The project empowers indigenous people and local communities (IPLCs) and mitigates climate change by establishing a mutually beneficial carbon credit business partnership, strengthening tenure rights and promoting sustainable forest management. This is achieved through a robust carbon credit scheme, ensuring sustained production of high-quality carbon credits and a transparent as well as secure developer-vendor-purchaser model.