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Mexico, Scolel Te
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Location
Communities in central and northern Chiapas and northeast Oxaca, in Southern Mexico. It operates in a number of ecological and cultural regions including Tojolobal and Tzotzil communities in the highland and Tzeltal and Lacandon communities in the lowland regions.
Status
Fully operational. It is open for investment and the direct purchase of credits.
Carbon offset potential
Approximately 100 000 tCO2/yr
Description
The title of the project Scolel te which translates as the tree that grows, in Tzeltal and Tjolobal was chosen by farmers participating in the project. It is the original Plan Vivo project and the name of the system Plan Vivo is derived from Planes Vivos or work plans which are created by farmers participating in the project. It now includes over 2000 families of indigenous Mayan and mestizo farmers in 30 communities in central and northern Chiapas and communities in the northeast of Oaxaca.
Project coordinator
AMBIO is a not-for-profit organisation which aims at assessing, operating and administering sustainable natural resources development programmes. In collaboration with ECOSUR and the University of Edinburgh, AMBIO participated in the design and the implementation of the Scolel Te project, which became one of the leading programmes worldwide in the provision of payments for ecosystem services (PES) through carbon sequestration activities. The Scolel Te project uses the Plan Vivo System which enables PES to producers through the emission of Plan Vivo Certificates. Scolel Te has been a pioneer project in carbon sequestration in Mexico and has been collaborating with producers for more than 10 years. To read more about our work and the services we offer, please visit us at: www.ambio.org.mx
AMBIO es una organizacion sin fines de lucro que tiene como finalidad promover el desarrollo rural sustentable, integral, armnico en cuestiones de genero, cultura y niveles socioeconomicos de organizaciones sociales, comunidades rurales y grupos organizados. En colaboracin con ECOSUR y la Universidad de Edinburgh (UK), AMBIO particip en el diseno e implementacin del proyecto "Scolel'te", el cual es uno de los programas lder a nivel mundial en la venta de servicios ambientales (Captura de carbono). El programa Scolel'te usa el sistema Plan Vivo lo cual permite la generacion de pagos por servicios ambientales a traves de emisiones de Certificados Plan Vivo. Scolel'te es pionero en la captura de carbono en Mexico y ha colaborado con productores desde hace mas de 10 anos. Para leer mas sobre nuestra labor y los servicios que ofrecemos, vistanos a: www.ambio.org.mx
Development
From 1996 to 2001 the project operated at a pilot level, installing and testing procedures for planning forestry activities, quantifying impacts and tracking credits. The project has operated on a commercial level since 2002 and while further improvements to the models used to estimate carbon uptake, and the systems for external verification are still required, the project is operating very successfully.