Economical Impact
Your purchase leads to a huge economical impact. The resources from the sale of carbon credits lead to better employment for people in Amazonian communities, which in turn gives them access to more benefits from the State. As the income of local communities increases, the cash flow raises the entire region's economic growth.
Project Story: Agrocortex
40% of the world's tropical forests are in Brazil.
Today, Brazil only certifies 5 million credits per year, but has the potential to certify 1.5 billion. If the price of the credits approaches the current European value, this can result in 60 billion USD in exports for Brazil's Amazon forest.
Agrocortex is a 186,000-hectare project between Acre and Amazonas (an area larger than the city of São Paulo). They have prevented the equivalent of 3,300 football fields worth of deforestation in the Amazon forest since 2014.
Preventing deforestation like this also helps in the preservation of local biodiversity, fauna and water resources.
Social Impact
To be certified, most carbon credit projects in the Amazon forest are required to build schools and hospitals, promote local professionalization, as well as provide other assistance programs. As a result, the commerce of carbon credits also leads to income generation, an increase in schooling and life expectancy, and reductions in unemployment and child mortality.
Project Story: Juma
Project Juma, which is committed to providing education to children in Brazil, is one of the largest and most respected social impact projects in the state of Amazonas.
Projects such as Juma also work to strengthen the sustainable cycle of activities and engagements with residents in local Amazonas communities.