Plan Vivo has come far in the last decade, from a research project in rural Mexico, to a globally accessible Standard and System being applied in multiple countries on different continents.
Plan Vivo projects have engaged thousands of rural participants in land-use change, channelling millions of dollars to poor rural communities and establishing and conserving thousands of hectares of forest.
However, we still have far to go; with around a third of greenhouse gas emissions coming from land-use change, there is an urgent need to scale-up efforts through new proejcts and scaling-up existing ones.
A brief history…
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March 2011
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Fifth Plan Vivo project, Limay Community Carbon Project in Nicaragua, is validated and registered as a Plan Vivo project. |
Nov 2010
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Plan Vivo Foundation hosts the 2010 Plan Vivo Stakeholder meeting in Edinburgh. Download summary of proceedings. |
April 2010
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Fourth Plan Vivo project, Emiti Nibwo Burola in Tanzania, is validated and registered as a Plan Vivo project. |
March 2010
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Trees for Global Benefits, Uganda, is verified by Rainforest Alliance against the 2008 Plan Vivo Standard |
November 2009 |
Plan Vivo Certificates go live on the Markit Environmental Registry |
October 2009 |
AMBIO (Scolel Te project coordinator) and the Plan Vivo Foundation host international workshop on scaling-up community carbon, attended by 35 organisations from 15 countries including Mexico, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Cameroon, Brazil and the USA. |
January 2009 |
The Plan Vivo Foundation is registered as a charity in Scotland.
BioClimate redefined its role to focus on assisting organisations to develop Plan Vivo projects. |
September 2008 |
The 2008 version of the Plan Vivo Standard is released to make the Standard and System more clear and accessible, leading to a number of new project applications |
June 2008 |
Plan Vivo hosts its first international stakeholders meeting in Edinburgh |
2007 |
Scolel Te celebrates its 10th Anniversary, making it the longest running community based, land use, carbon offset project in the world |
2005 |
A new subspecies of orchid is found within the Scolel Te project area |
1998 |
The Plan Vivo system begins to be managed independently by the not-for- profit BioClimate Research & Development |
1997 |
The first Plan Vivo Certificates are sold to the FIA Foundation |
1996 |
The Scolel Te enters its pilot phase |
1994 |
The concept of Plan Vivo is born in a research project in Chiapas, Mexico. Partners involved in its development were the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management, the University of Edinburgh, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur and other local partners |