Granting land tenure and providing agricultural training to prevent deforestation and promote sustainable economic livelihoods
In addition to delivering approximately 90,000 tonnes of emission reductions each year, the project delivers a number of other sustainable development benefits. These include:
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Benedito is one of 18 families based in the project area living off small-scale farming. With his wife and sons, they have 17 cattle, some chickens and a small field of bananas on the other side of the river. Benedito has spent some of his earnings on a boat to enable him to make the four hour trip to the nearest town, Manoel Urbano, to sell their produce. As he continues to invest his time and money on the small farm to provide for his family, his main priority is to ensure he owns the land they are working on every day. The project owners are working with the family to go through the complex legal process to give them title, and offer agricultural training to improve yields and diversify income.