SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE CONSULTANTS
Our projects
Community-Based REDD+ Program Colombia
CARBO is one of the sponsors of the Community-based REDD+ Program Colombia, a program with high social and environmental impact which consists of a portfolio of 7 REDD+ projects developed and registered.
The projects benefit more than 2,200 families (more than 9,200 people) from 14 ethnic-territorial communities. They comprise a forest area of approximately 2.6 million hectares and have generated more than 10 million Verified Carbon Credits.
They are currently being implemented in partnership with several indigenous reservations and community councils of black communities to mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change, improve territorial governance, strengthen social investment and community well-being, conserve biodiversity, promote economic growth and the development of sustainable productive alternatives. The projects are located in the municipalities of Miraflores (Guaviare); Condoto, Carmen del Darién, Riosucio (Chocó); Solano (Caqueta); Puerto Gaitan (Meta); and in the territories of Puerto Alegría, Puerto Santander, La Chorrera (Amazonas).
Sustainable Colombia Program
Structuring and development of 2 ecological restoration projects and Payments for Environmental Services – PES, development of the business plans for 19 sustainable production chain projects, and structuration of 1 business plan for ecotourism in areas affected by the armed conflict (PDET) in the Departments of Putumayo, Caquetá, Cauca, Guaviare, and Meta, for the Colombia in Peace Fund, as part of the PRESERVAR – CARBO – ESPIRA Temporary Union.
Productive projects included products such as coffee, cocoa, rubber, Tahiti lemon, sacha inchi, copoazú, chestnut, acai, chontaduro, and development of livestock reconversion models (implementation of silvopastoral systems).
CDM Projects
CARBO has led the design, formulation, and commercialization of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism for recognized private and public companies in the mining-energy sector, which include: the use of methane gas generated from oil exploitation, expansion hydroelectric power generation capacity, clean energy cogeneration projects, wastewater treatment, fuel substitution, among others. For the waste sector, CARBO Sostenible has participated in the formulation, design, and commercialization of methane capture and burning projects in different sanitary landfills in Colombia.
Development of the MAVALLE Forest Project in Rubber Forest Plantations
CARBO developed the carbon project for the Mavalle rubber plantations, which is registered in BioCarbon Registry. The project takes place in the Orinoquia Region of Colombia and comprises more than 7,000 hectares.
Structuring of productive projects for the Global Green Growth Institute
Structuring of 4 sustainable rural development projects in armed-conflict zones in Colombia. The projects correspond to productive chains (Cacao in Guaviare, Hass Avocado in Cauca, Special Coffee in Tolima, Sugar cane in Catatumbo) for the Global Green Growth Institute and the High Office for the Post-Conflict, in a Temporary Union with the International Colombia Corporation – CCI.
Strategic sustainable transport and urban development in intermediate cities
Coordination of studies and development of proposals for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), to support strategic sustainable transport measures and urban development in intermediate cities (i.e., Pasto, Valledupar, Pereira, Montería) for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions because of modal shift to sustainable modes of transportation such as public transportation and Non-Motorized Transportation (NMT) and land use planning, for CAF.
JMC projects in Mexico and Costa Rica
CARBO (formerly OPTIM), under the leadership of Juan Andrés López Silva, has assisted PCKK and OECC to develop a set of projects to be implemented as JCM initiatives in Mexico, mostly in the field of renewable energy (solar and mini hydro), and co-generation in industrial projects.
Last preparation of potential JCM projects was undertaken for OECC in 2017-2018. Before that, Juan Andrés Lopez led in 2012, and 2014-2015, studies for PCKK to evaluate and advance the Japanese JCM in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico.
Forest projects for the Chicago Climate Market (CCX)
CARBO formulated, developed, and commercialized the first forestry projects in Chile, starting with the production of forest biomass and wood on an average of 16,000 hectares in different regions of the southern country. CARBO has also developed projects in the Colombian Caribbean Coast for Grupo Pizano S.A., which includes more than 11,000 hectares of wood production forests.
BIOREDD+ Program
Juan Andrés López served as Director of Climate Change for the BIOREDD+ program of USAID, supporting the goals and results related to the implementation of Colombian initiatives mitigate and adapt to climate change, improve forest governance, preserving biodiversity and promoting economic growth. BIOREDD+ consisted of developing 8 REDD+ projects in the municipalities of Tumaco (Nariño); Buenaventura (Valle); Bajo Baudó, Medio Baudó, Alto Baudó, Litoral de San Juan, Carmen del Darién (Chocó); and Mutatá (Antioquia). The 8 projects integrate a total of 19 ethnic-territorial communities of the Colombian Pacific, covering nearly 12,000 families (almost 1 million hectares).
In addition, BIOREDD+ included the development of business plans for five value chains (cocoa, coconut, acai, chontaduro, and achiote) involving local communities and formal producers of value-added products with access to markets. The work included socialization and training activities for local communities.
REDD+ GAIA YAIGOJE-APAPORIS AATI – Business Plan
CARBO developed the Business Plan for the REDD+ GAIA YAIGOJE-APAPORIS AATI Project for Gaia Amazonas Organization. The project involves the territory of 7 associations of indigenous authorities and a National Natural Park (Yaigojé) in the Colombian Orinoquía Region and focuses on the development of activities that promote sustainable management and use of natural resources for the mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change, and improvement of forest governance and biodiversity conservation.
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