{"id":25008,"date":"2023-12-27T12:47:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaialab.org\/?page_id=25008"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:45:54","slug":"scolelte-mexico-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gaialab.org\/en\/actions\/global-actions\/scolelte-mexico-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Scolel\u2019Te Project Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
Global Actions<\/div>Scolel\u2019Te Project
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Scolel\u2019Te<\/a> is a forest carbon offsetting program that operates in Chiapas, Mexico. It has been a pioneer forest mitigation project and the first one in the world to generate ethical<\/em> carbon credits with a vast range of ecosystem and social benefits. It has served as an international benchmark for other projects and inspired the principles of the Plan Vivo Standard.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

Scolel\u2019Te – the tree that grows in Mayan language – is the longest-standing project in the Plan Vivo network, dating back to 1997 and it is still operational.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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The leadership of the Mexican no-profit cooperative AMBIO, working with small farmers and communities, has secured financial sustainability to the project.<\/h5>[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]

Scolel\u2019te is a carbon sequestration and emissions reduction programme that implements the following activities: afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry systems, conservation, as well as the protection and restoration of pastures and rainforests.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

So far carbon sequestration practices have been carried out over an area of some 9000 hectares in the Chiapas Region. The program works in ten Natural Protected Areas where traditional land practices such as \u201cTaungya\u201d of indigenous communities have been reintroduced, based on reforestation with native valuable tree species.\u00a0From a social perspective, Scolel\u2019te is a program that strengthens rural communities in their actions towards the sustainable use ofnatural resources, based on the needs of each community. Similarly, Scolel\u2019te has a global objective: the long-term protection of ecosystems and their resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_single_image image=”23680″ img_size=”medium” css=”.vc_custom_1703757475976{padding-top: 2% !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>