Live · 04 projects · 1.6M+ hectares · Validation 2027–28

Natural capital,built to scale.

Fronterra develops forest carbon and biodiversity projects in Peru's Amazon and Andes. We design, build and operate our projects in-house, with the communities that own the land, for investors and buyers who need long-term carbon and biodiversity agreements.

Community-based, with community engagement guided by FPIC; impact first, with productive value chains alongside the carbon. Verra VM0047 (ARR) and VM0048 (REDD+), both ICVCM-approved for the Core Carbon Principles label. Route to market: developing a pathway to government-authorised Article 6 credits, starting with the Peru–Singapore agreement (signed 2025), subject to the final process and authorisations.

Product
Carbon & biodiversity certified outcomes
Horizons
40-year concessions
Theatre
Peru · Andes & Amazon
Status
2 projects under validation

The pipeline · Current & 2033

585k
tCO₂e per year, programme target across four projects, developer estimates
2.5M tCO₂/year
Long-term credit potential by 2033 · 14 projects, 3.3M hectares
16+ yrs
Founding-team experience in forest-carbon origination and finance
4
Projects in Peru 4 in development · 1.6M+ hectares

What we develop · Two mechanisms

Carbon removed by planting. Carbon kept by protecting forests.

Two carbon mechanisms, matched to two landscapes: restoration on degraded Andean land, conservation of standing forest in the Amazon. Both are developed with the communities that own the land, and each carries a productive value chain alongside the carbon.

Restoration · ARR · VM0047

Increase the carbon stock

Carbon stockYears RemovalsDegraded land · baseline

Forest establishment and restoration on degraded land. The carbon stock grows with the trees, and credits are issued as removals.

Sumaq AllpaSelva Central

Conservation · REDD+ · VM0048

Maintain the carbon stock

Carbon stockYears Forest protectedWithout the project · baseline Emissions avoided

Protection of standing forest to reduce carbon loss against the jurisdictional baseline. Credits are issued for emissions avoided.

Sierra del DivisorGran Pajonal

Carbon & biodiversity

Carbon finance and distinct biodiversity outcomes, measured and contracted separately.

Sustainable value chains

Productive activities suited to each project: cocoa, coffee, pine mushrooms, resin and wood.

Community participation

Consent, governance and agreed benefit sharing, settled before any carbon contract.

Trajectories are illustrative, not measured data. Both methodologies are approved by the ICVCM for the Core Carbon Principles label.

Active operations · Peru · 2026

Four projects across Peru. Conservation in the Amazon, restoration along the Andes.

Four projects across the Peruvian Amazon and Andes. Long-term concessions, 40-year horizons, direct community partnerships.

Fronterra’s four projects on a map of Peru Peru with the Amazon basin and the Andes shaded. Four project markers: Sierra del Divisor and Gran Pajonal (REDD+) in the Amazon and its transition to the Andes; Selva Central and Sumaq Allpa (ARR) on the Andean slopes and highlands. Operating bases in Lima, Cusco and Pucallpa. ECUADOR COLOMBIA BRAZIL BOLIVIA PACIFIC OCEAN AMAZON BASIN ANDES Lima Cusco Pucallpa Sierra del Divisor Loreto & Ucayali Gran Pajonal Pasco & Ucayali Selva Central Pasco, Huánuco & Junín Sumaq Allpa Cusco highlands 200 KM SOUTH AMERICA Amazon basin Andes REDD+ · conservation ARR · restoration Fronterra operating base Fronterra’s four projects on a map of Peru Peru with the Amazon basin and the Andes shaded. Four project markers: Sierra del Divisor and Gran Pajonal (REDD+) in the Amazon and its transition to the Andes; Selva Central and Sumaq Allpa (ARR) on the Andean slopes and highlands. Operating bases in Lima, Cusco and Pucallpa. ECUADOR COLOMBIA BRAZIL BOLIVIA AMAZON BASIN ANDES Lima Cusco Pucallpa Sierra del Divisor Loreto & Ucayali Gran Pajonal Pasco & Ucayali Selva Central Pasco, Huánuco & Junín Sumaq Allpa Cusco highlands 200 KM
  • Amazon basin
  • Andes
  • REDD+ · conservation
  • ARR · restoration
  • Fronterra operating base

Markers show indicative project locations, not boundaries · Amazon basin and Andes extents: Natural Earth

i.

Sierra del Divisor

Avoided deforestation + biodiversity

LORETO–UCAYALI · 7.62°S 73.83°W1.6 million hectares across 5 concession areasListed on Verra · VCS / 5369
Validation 2027~191k tCO₂/yr indicative
ii.

Sumaq Allpa

Reforestation · Andean highlands

CUSCO · 13.55°S 71.96°W17,000 ha grouped reforestation targetListed on Verra · VCS / 5360
First credit issuance post 2030~175k tCO₂/yr
iii.

Selva Central

Reforestation + agroforestry

PASCO–JUNÍN · 10.68°S 75.36°W10,080 ha native reforestation + 1,120 ha agroforestryVerra listing in process
Pre community consultation~90k tCO₂/yr
iv.

Gran Pajonal

Avoided deforestation + community partnership

PASCO–UCAYALI · 10.58°S 74.37°W198,033 hectares, 30 Ashéninka communitiesListed on Verra · VCS / 5949
In community consultation~129K tCO₂/yr
Community field team, Santo Domingo, CuscoField team · Santo Domingo, Cusco

Income beyond carbon · Value chains

Four projects. Four community value chains.

Carbon finance pays for protection and planting. A productive value chain gives the families an income that does not depend on the price of a credit. Each project carries one, chosen with the communities and suited to the land.

Young pine plantation on the Cusco highlands, snow peaks behind

ARR · Cusco highlands

Sumaq Allpa

Pine mushrooms, resin, wood

Model
Restoration with pine and native species
Today
110 ha planted; 100 ha of pine inoculated with mushrooms
Scale-up
17,000 ha programme, including 12,000 ha of pine
Value chain
Dried mushrooms, then protein ingredients. Resin, wood and biomass
Two cocoa producers holding ripe pods under a cocoa tree

REDD+ · Loreto & Ucayali

Sierra del Divisor

Cocoa

Model
Protection and production
Today
42 ha of cocoa planted with 2 communities; grafting starting
Scale-up
1,500 ha in the buffer zone with 17 communities
Value chain
Central fermentation and drying; organic and Fairtrade cocoa export
Freshly picked coffee cherries held in two hands

REDD+ · Pasco & Ucayali

Gran Pajonal

Coffee

Model
Protection and production with native communities
Today
Existing community coffee plots
Scale-up
Technical assistance, then new coffee on restored land, up to 1,000 ha
Value chain
Quality and post-harvest; organic and Fairtrade coffee export
Cocoa beans drying under a wooden roof, producers alongside

ARR · Pasco, Huánuco & Junín

Selva Central

Cocoa and coffee

Model
Restoration with agroforestry
Today
Existing community cocoa and coffee; pre-feasibility, pre-FPIC
Scale-up
Technical assistance and extension of both chains, within 11,200 ha
Value chain
Cocoa in the lowlands, coffee in the highlands; organic and Fairtrade export

Planted areas: company data, October 2026. Scale-up areas are company objectives. Organic and Fairtrade certification is planned.

Seedling dispatch with the community, Santo Domingo, CuscoSeedling dispatch · Santo Domingo, Cusco

Who we are · Network

Who we are, and who we work with.

23+Full-time team members
>90%Of the team based in Peru
4Offices: Marseille, Lima, Cusco, Pucallpa

France · Holding

Marseille

Corporate base, fundraising and business development; the entry point for European climate capital and EU buyers.

Peru · Upstream operations

Lima · Cusco · Pucallpa

Business office in Lima; field operations in Cusco for the Andes and Pucallpa for the Amazon. New local offices open as projects launch.

Singapore · Planned hub

Trading & financing

Carbon trading under the Peru–Singapore Article 6 agreement and Singapore’s carbon tax; the route to buyers in Japan, Korea and China.

Partners, agencies and counterparties

Founding-team prior offtake & investments

  • TotalEnergiesNature-based solutions · Peru, Guatemala
  • Althelia Climate FundForest-carbon fund · Peru, Guatemala, Brazil
  • Mirova Natural CapitalSuccessor to Althelia
  • BID Lab · IDBBrazil restoration

Today's operating partners

  • ECOM AgroindustrialFunding & marketing partner · Sierra del Divisor
  • EU Commission & RESTOREBiodiversity-credit pilot · Sierra del Divisor flagship
  • Nouvelle Planète FoundationSeed funding · Gran Pajonal
  • CyklosR&D partner · methane abatement

Peruvian government agencies we work with

  • SERFORNational Forestry Service
  • SERNANPNational Protected Areas Agency
  • MINAMMinistry of Environment
  • INIANational Institute for Agricultural Innovation

Cross-border routes (Paris Agreement, Article 6)

  • SingaporeImplementation agreement signed April 2025 · authorisation in preparation
  • Japan · Korea · ChinaTargeted through the Singapore hub

Transaction record · 2014–2025

Nine transactions in Peru, Brazil and Guatemala.

Fronterra team track record in project development and natural capital investments at Althelia Climate Fund (now Mirova Natural Capital), TotalEnergies, sWc and Fronterra.

  1. 201401

    Tambopata Reserve

    REDD+ & agroforestry · Peru

  2. 201502

    Conservation Coast

    REDD+ & agroforestry · Guatemala

  3. 201503

    Reform of degraded pastures

    Restoration · Brazilian Amazon

  4. 201604

    Naranjillo cocoa cooperative

    Cooperative restructuring · Peru

  5. 201605

    Shipibo-Conibo communities

    REDD+ · Peru

  6. 201706

    Macauba palm pastureland

    Restoration · Brazil

  7. 202107

    Cordillera Azul

    Conservation trust fund · Peru

  8. 202108

    Group REDD+, smallholders

    REDD+ & agroforestry · Guatemala

  9. 202509

    Sierra del Divisor

    Carbon & biodiversity · Peru

EU Commission Visit over Sierra del DivisorEU Commission Visit · Sierra del Divisor

Ways to work with us.

Four ways to contract with Fronterra, for credit buyers, financiers and regulated emitters.

  • Long-term credit purchase agreements (ERPAs)Commit to buying credits at a fixed price over multiple years from our portfolio.
  • Advance market commitmentsCommit to future supply at an agreed price, which helps finance new projects.
  • Biodiversity-certificate partnershipsPrefinance a biodiversity-credit product on Sierra del Divisor, a biodiversity-credit pilot with the EU Commission and RESTORE.
  • Developing a pathway to government-authorised Article 6 creditsCredits designed to count toward a buyer country’s national climate target under Paris Agreement Article 6, subject to the final process and authorisations.

Talk to the team info@fronterra.eco

About FronterraEst. 2024Marseille · Lima

A Franco-Peruvian developerof nature-based carbon projects.

Fronterra is a forest-carbon and biodiversity developer working across Peru. Founded in 2024, we build, finance and operate projects directly with communities, public institutions and commercial partners. A team of 23+ now works across Marseille, Lima, Cusco and Pucallpa.

Community members loading tree seedlings, Santo DomingoCommunity seedling dispatch · Santo Domingo, Cusco

§01 · Origin & identity

A principal developer and operator,
present in the territories.

Before Fronterra, the team spent 14 years at Althelia Ecosphere LLP (now part of Mirova / Natixis Investment Managers), TotalEnergies’ Nature-Based Solutions S.A.S. and The Shared Wood Company S.A.S., developing, investing and managing conservation and restoration projects across Peru, Brazil and Guatemala.

That work was done before Fronterra as fund managers and institutional buyers. Fronterra is the principal operating vehicle built from that experience, 100% dedicated to communities impact.

Communities hold the carbon rights.

Carbon rights stay with the Ashéninka, Quechua and other Indigenous and rural communities whose territory hosts the projects. Free, Prior and Informed Consent comes first, and revenue is shared under benefit-sharing agreements built with the people and institutions connected to the land.

In-house engineering.

Fronterra designs, builds and operates its own projects rather than sourcing credits from third parties. Forest engineers, social scientists and ESG specialists live where they work; over 90% of the team is in Peru. Buyers see project design, delivery risk and safeguards at first hand.

Productive activities anchor land use.

Each project carries productive activities chosen with the communities: cocoa, coffee, pine mushrooms, resin and wood. They are the cornerstone of sustainable land use: they stabilise it, reduce the pressure to deforest, improve livelihoods and diversify revenues for the communities and the projects beyond the carbon.

Presence for the long term.

Project development happens through field teams, community agreements, public-sector coordination and monitoring that continues after a project is listed or a contract is signed. Forests are meant to stand permanently; 40-year concessions and crediting periods set the frame, and each project company is built to outlast any single investor or offtake contract.

§02 · The team

A team built across fieldwork,
finance and delivery.

Juan Carlos González Aybar
Founder & CEO

Juan Carlos González Aybar

MARSEILLE · CET

Juan Carlos González Aybar is Founder and CEO of Fronterra. A Peruvian national with sixteen years in carbon-market origination and structuring: founding team, Partner and Head of Latin America at Althelia Climate Fund (now Mirova Natural Capital); founding team at TotalEnergies Nature-Based Solutions; co-founder of The Shared Wood Company. Earlier work with the Danone Fund for Nature and AIDER in Peru.

Experience

Leadership

Antoine de Vaubernier

Antoine de Vaubernier

Chief Operating Officer

Operations lead with sixteen years in supply chains and carbon funds. Danone Ecosystem Fund, Blédina, Danone Communities and Les 2 Vaches, in industrial and organic supply chains; Head of Livelihoods Carbon Funds I and II. Runs the operations of the four projects.

OperationsValue chainsCarbon funds
Alejandra Manrique

Alejandra Manrique

ESG & Certification Director

Economist from the University of Bordeaux with a Master’s in Social Sciences from the University of Paris–Sorbonne, specialising in local economic analysis and socio-environmental conflict transformation. Has worked for government, development agencies and international consultancies.

ESGImpactStandards quality

Board

Erick Decker

Erick Decker

Independent board member

Independent board member with deep asset-management experience. Chief Investment Officer Developing Markets and Group Responsible Investment Head at AXA (2006–2025); boards of Climate Seed and Baobab.

Investment strategyEmerging markets
Frédéric Mille

Frédéric Mille

Board member

Board member with M&A, microfinance and impact-investment experience. Ten years in M&A, eight in microfinance as Head of Strategy and Fundraising at Advans International; impact investor since 2023, notably alongside Lita.

Impact investingMicrofinance

Senior advisors · advising Fronterra’s management in public affairs

Patricia Fernandez-Davila

Patricia Fernandez-Davila

Senior advisor · public affairs

One of Peru’s most accomplished conservation executives. Co-founder of Peru’s Ministry of Environment and former Chief of Staff to its first Minister, Antonio Brack Egg. Former Executive Director of CIMA Cordillera Azul, a leading Peruvian conservation NGO, and a member of its General Assembly.

Senior advisorGovernment relations
Giuliana Becerra

Giuliana Becerra

R&D & Circular Economy Partner

Co-founder and CEO of Cyklos, Fronterra’s partner on F-Methane. Former Vice Minister of Environment of Peru, with senior experience in circular economy, waste management and environmental quality.

R&DCircular economy

Current investors & catalytic funding

Seed equity

Piccolo-5

Catalytic funding

Seed investors & advisors

Sylvain Goupille

Sylvain Goupille

Senior advisor · finance

Natural-capital investor and biodiversity-market builder. Co-founder of RESTORE, founder and Managing Director of Octobre, and former Managing Director of Mirova Natural Capital / Althelia Funds.

Natural capitalBiodiversity
Christian del Valle

Christian del Valle

Senior advisor · fund raising

Co-founder of Althelia Climate Fund; anchor investor in Fronterra’s seed round on Lita. Managing Director at Mirova Natural Capital; former Director, Environmental Markets and Forestry, BNP Paribas.

Carbon financeInstitutional capital
Daniel Jaramillo Vogel

Daniel Jaramillo Vogel

Business development advisor

Business development professional with experience across L’Oréal, Edeka and Particle Vision. MBA from IMD. Investor in Fronterra and advisor to the platform’s commercial expansion.

Business developmentFundraising

The team

Valeria Santamaría Samaniego

Valeria Santamaría Samaniego

ESG Analyst

Anthropologist from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, with experience in qualitative research, cultural dynamics, public engagement and socio-environmental analysis.

ESGAnthropology
Iris Cruz Romero

Iris Cruz Romero

Commercial & Administrative Assistant

Accounting student at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas with nearly a decade of commercial, accounting and administrative experience before joining Fronterra.

Operations
Flora Gutiérrez Mendoza

Flora Gutiérrez Mendoza

Community Engagement Specialist

Community management specialist with a background in primary education, municipal public management, educational psychology, governance and organisational development.

FPICCusco
Isabella Molina

Isabella Molina

ESG Analyst

Environmental engineer from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, with research experience in green infrastructure, climate change, territorial resilience and applied ecology.

ESGClimate planning
Maria Eduarda Martinez

Maria Eduarda Martinez

Carbon Analyst

Forestry engineer from the Federal University of Paraná with a Master’s in Wood, Forest and Sustainable Development from AgroParisTech. Focused on forest economics and operations.

Carbon accountingBrazil
Luisa Lora Escalante

Luisa Lora Escalante

GIS & Remote Sensing Specialist

Natural resources engineer with expertise in GIS, remote sensing and geospatial analysis for environmental monitoring, forest-cover analysis, land-use classification and field mapping.

GISRemote sensing
Lasmit Cerón Cancharis

Lasmit Cerón Cancharis

Carbon Specialist

Forestry engineer from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina with a Master’s in Forest Management from CATIE. Former Ecosystem Services Specialist for carbon and REDD+ at AIDER Perú, and climate change researcher at CATIE in Costa Rica.

CarbonREDD+
Juan De la Cruz

Juan De la Cruz

Senior Social Conflict Resolution Specialist

Seasoned social scientist specialised in conflict resolution and social intervention with farmers and native communities across the Andes-Amazon. Experienced across natural-resource conflicts and development projects in Peru.

FPICCommunity relations
Rai Fajardo

Rai Fajardo

Geomatician

Renewable natural resources engineer from Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva, with specialisation in GIS, remote sensing and programming applied to conservation and carbon projects.

GISRemote sensing
Benito Pucho

Benito Pucho

Community Forestry & Value Chains Specialist

Highly respected figure in sustainable agricultural development in Peru, with over a decade of hands-on experience in agroforestry, livestock management and rural entrepreneurship. Key role in impactful environmental and community projects.

AgroforestryField operations
David Correa

David Correa

HSE / SSOMA Supervisor

Industrial and commercial engineer from ESAN University, with training in project management, integrated management systems, occupational health and safety, and process improvement.

HSEOperations
Aurélien Tanguy

Aurélien Tanguy

R&D Engineer

Engineering degree at AgroParisTech, with an academic focus on natural habitat management and conservation planning for high-value ecosystems. Skilled in species distribution modelling and quantitative data analysis.

R&DEcology
Hand holding tree seedlings in a Cusco nurseryTree seedlings · Cusco nursery

Work with us.

For offtake conversations, partnerships, or press, write to the founding team.

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Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peruvian Amazon
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Project · 01

REDD+ & BiodiversityValidation 2027

Sierra del Divisor

Sierra del Divisor Conservation Corridor · Peruvian Amazon

A 1.6-million-hectare forest landscape on the Peru–Brazil border, developed as carbon and biodiversity credits. A grouped project linking the National Park with native and farming communities, and regional protected areas.

MethodologyVM0048 (REDD+)
Area1.6M ha landscape · 119,304 ha first instance
Annual volume~191k tCO₂e/yr, indicative
RegistryVerra · VCS/5369
FrameworkVCS + CCB · MERESE biodiversity pilot
PartnersSERNANP · RESTORE · ECOM

§01 · The MERESE framework

A Peruvian mechanism
for ecosystem services.

MERESE, Mecanismo de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos, is one of Peru's mechanisms to finance management and conservation of natural protected areas through payments for ecosystem services. Sierra del Divisor's design uses MERESE to channel conservation finance and technical resources directly into the Park's protection and active management, in partnership with neighbouring communities.

Under the project's contractual architecture, SERNANP acts as the public partner responsible for Park management and on-the-ground conservation. RESTORE is the anchor financier and final beneficiary in biodiversity outcomes. Fronterra acts as structuring and implementing party, coordinating finance, technical design, buffer-zone activities and market engagement. Organised communities participate as local partners through their communal organisations or federations, delivering services with local knowledge.

§02 · Carbon project design

Carbon credits
across a 40-year horizon.

The Sierra del Divisor carbon work combines protected-area conservation (avoided emissions / avoided degradation) with targeted restoration in influence zones. Methodology applies Verra VM0048, approved by the ICVCM for the Core Carbon Principles label. The project is listed with Verra (VCS 5369) and entering VCS + CCB validation.

Carbon accounting integrates advanced GIS and remote sensing to define activity areas and baselines, complemented by extensive field carbon inventories and monitoring plots. Credits are issued after each verification, with conservative baselines based on historical land-use analysis and additionality. Independent validation and verification underpin each issuance.

§03 · Grouped project structure

Three territorial categories,
one unified framework.

1. National Park (inside the Park): activities financed through MERESE and delivered with SERNANP, RESTORE and local communities, park protection, ranger capacity, rewilding, biological monitoring and restoration.

2. Native and farming communities (buffer & influence zones): participatory restoration and sustainable production interventions, community forest management, livelihood diversification and participatory monitoring.

3. Regional protected areas and corridors: coordinated management actions to secure landscape connectivity and ecological integrity.

§04 · Impact & safeguards

Free, Prior and
Informed Consent.

FPIC processes with indigenous and rural communities in the buffer and influence areas, following IFC Performance Standards and Peruvian law. Full IFC Performance Standards ESG due diligence. Community-led implementation through capacity building, local employment and co-management agreements.

70% of annual revenues are reinvested in conservation, local livelihoods and forest management, for direct benefit of communities and biodiversity. Transparent benefit-sharing is formally recognised under applicable Peruvian law.

Impact at a glance: 1.6M ha target conservation landscape; 119,304 ha first instance in FECORITAYB community territories; FPIC concluded with 3 of the 5 first-instance communities, the other 2 at an advanced stage; 21 communities covered by the 2024 social diagnosis.

§05 · Partners & roles

The operating partnership.

SERNANP, Public partner and Park manager (implementing conservation inside Sierra del Divisor National Park).

MINAM, Ministry of Environment of Peru, regulatory authority for carbon and biodiversity certification.

RESTORE, anchor investor for biodiversity outcomes.

Fronterra, project design, development and co-implementation, market access, and financing structuring.

§06 · Route to market

From community consent to Paris Agreement carbon markets.

Consent and clear benefit sharing come first; certification and an authorised Article 6 route to Singapore’s carbon-tax market follow.

  1. 2023First carbon and social studies in the landscape
  2. 2024Social diagnosis of 21 communities
  3. 2025Carbon feasibility; engagement with the FECORITAYB communities begins
  4. Q1 2026FPIC workshops, MOUs and consent and benefit-sharing agreements with the first communities
  5. 2026First community benefits delivered (connectivity, patrol fuel, equipment); carbon and biodiversity inventories
  6. Target · Q1 2027Validation package to the independent validator (VVB engaged); Article 6 application with partners
Article 6.2Peru–Singapore Implementation Agreement, signed 1 April 2025
S$45 / tCO₂eSingapore carbon tax, 2026–2027, rising towards S$50–80 by 2030
Up to 5%Of taxable emissions offsettable with eligible international credits

Spatial monitoring

Sentinel-2, Landsat and machine learning for forest cover and deforestation alerts.

Carbon stocks

Permanent plots and allometric equations; a second field inventory is under way.

Social & biodiversity

Community KPIs, grievance channels, camera traps and HCV indicators.

Partners: FECORITAYB, the native communities’ federation of the Tapiche and Blanco rivers; SERNANP, Peru’s protected-areas agency; ECOM, seed financing and route-to-market partner for the credits. FPIC concluded with 3 of 5 FECORITAYB communities, the other 2 at an advanced stage (September 2026). First-instance crediting volumes will be confirmed by the second forest inventory and validation. Singapore eligibility rests on verified co-benefits, safeguards and land rights; offtake under negotiation.

Partner with the project.

Sierra del Divisor combines measurable mitigation, exceptional biodiversity and agreed community benefits. We welcome partners for credit purchase, investment, technical collaboration and community partnerships.

Sumaq Allpa, Andean highlands of Cusco, Peru
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Project · 02

ARR · AfforestationValidation engaged

Sumaq Allpa

Andes Highlands · Cusco Region · Peru · beyond 3,800 m a.s.l.

"Beautiful land" in Quechua. Large-scale, community-based afforestation and reforestation across the high Andes of Cusco. Sustainable pine forestry and native-species restoration, paired with mushroom cultivation and community value chains. Designed to scale into neighbouring regions.

MethodologyVM0047 (ARR) + CCB
Area17,000 ha scale-up target · 110 ha planted in the pilot
Lifetime volumec. 7M tCO₂e / 40 years, estimated
RegistryVerra · VCS/5360
First credit issuancePost 2030
RegionCusco highlands · Puna ecoregion
SpeciesPinus radiata · Polylepis · Buddleja · Escallonia · Alnus

§01 · The landscape

A degraded land,
restored to forest.

The high Andes of Cusco form part of the Puna ecoregion, a cold, windswept mountain landscape beyond 3,800 m a.s.l., with around 700mm of rainfall per year and naturally thin, fragile soils. Most of this land is today a mosaic of degraded high-Andean grasslands (pajonal andino) and shrublands, with only small relic patches of Polylepis forest and wetlands remaining.

National erosion mapping by Peru's Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and SENAMHI shows that close to 90% of the Andean region is under moderate to severe erosion, and Sumaq Allpa falls squarely in these categories. Centuries of overgrazing, recurrent anthropogenic burning and fuelwood extraction have turned once-deep, fertile soils into compacted, nutrient-poor, almost impermeable substrates. Degraded high-Andean puna landscapes expose rural communities and downstream valleys to increasing climate-adaptation risks: erosion, landslides, erratic water flows, frost damage to agriculture and declining pasture productivity. These impacts compound harsh social conditions in communities whose natural capital has been depleted. Sumaq Allpa is designed as an adaptation-oriented restoration programme: rebuilding vegetation cover, stabilising soils, improving water regulation and creating long-term community value chains from restored natural capital.

§02 · Reforestation design

A landscape mosaic
of pine and native species.

Mixed forestry systems combining ~70% Pinus radiata (Pine) with a minimum of 30% native high-Andean trees, prioritising Polylepis spp. (queñual), Buddleja coriacea (qolle/colle), Escallonia resinosa (chachacomo), and Alnus acuminata (aliso), positively impacting riparian buffers, ecological corridors, biodiversity refugia and other suitable restoration zones, in line with Verra ARR eligibility criteria.

Radiata pine acts as a structural component: its shallow, widely spreading root system binds topsoil, reduces surface erosion and small landslides, and protects fragile slopes and communal infrastructure.

Decentralised community nurseries produce high-quality pine and native seedlings using local genetic material. Seedlings are inoculated with ectomycorrhizal fungi that improve nutrient uptake and soil structure, while also producing edible mushrooms as a non-timber forest product and early income stream for communities.

§03 · Carbon & biodiversity

Seven million tonnes estimated,
over 40 years.

Average carbon removals estimated at c.175,000 tCO₂e per year over 40 years, for a total of c.7 million tCO₂e, estimated under Verra's VM0047 ARR methodology and subject to validation, verification and issuance (project VCS 5360).

A dedicated CCB-compliant biodiversity baseline was conducted for flora, birds and mammals. Key findings: 79 plant species across 32 botanical families, 18 bird species from 11 families, two mammal species. Several species of conservation concern are present, including Ephedra rupestris (nationally Critically Endangered), Escallonia myrtilloides (Vulnerable), and CITES Appendix II Cactaceae. Puma concolor has been reported by local populations and Fronterra nursery workers.

§04 · Communities & governance

Co-managed with the communities.

Communities are partners, not beneficiaries. We co-design project activities, planting areas and benefit-sharing arrangements with communal authorities and assemblies. Transparent frameworks govern the allocation of carbon revenues, timber income and value chain benefits. Communities receive senior revenue-sharing and retain full revenue from timber extraction and non-carbon activities in the long term.

We respect communal decision-making and protect culturally important landscapes. Wetlands, relic Polylepis patches and archaeological sites are mapped, excluded from planting and treated as conservation zones. Free, Prior and Informed Consent processes are robust and ongoing. Safeguards follow IFC Performance Standards.

Target outcomes at full scale: 17,000 ha to be rehabilitated across ~60 communities (110 ha planted in the pilot to date); thousands of seasonal jobs in nurseries, planting and forest management; biodiversity enhancement via Polylepis restoration and wetland protection; climate adaptation through reduced erosion and improved water retention.

§05 · On the ground

Watch the
programme overview.

Filmed in the Cusco highlands. Hosted on Vimeo. Open on Vimeo →

Work with the project.

Fronterra is open to partners for credit offtake, impact investment, blended finance, technical collaboration and community partnerships in the Cusco highlands.

Pasture, remnant trees and forested mountains under cloud in the Selva Central, Peru
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Project · 03

ARR · Reforestation & AgroforestryPre community consultation

Selva Central

Andean–Amazon Transition · Peru

Restoring 10,080 hectares of degraded Andean-Amazon transition forest through native reforestation, alongside 1,120 hectares of income-generating agroforestry. Degraded land becomes resilient forest mosaic: carbon sequestration, habitat reconnection, and sustained local livelihoods.

MethodologyVM0047 (ARR)
Area10,080 ha native reforestation + 1,120 ha agroforestry
Annual volumec. 90,000 tCO₂e / year at full scale, estimated
RegistryVerra listing in process
RegionPasco-Junín · Andean-Amazon transition
SpeciesTornillo · Shihuahuaco · Capirona

§01 · Restoration at scale

Where the Andes
meet the Amazon.

Selva Central spans the Andean-Amazon transition zone, where cloud forest meets lowland rainforest. An Andes–Amazon gradient with high biodiversity. Centuries of smallholder clearing left degraded pastureland across the slopes. The project is designed to return that land to resilient forest mosaics.

The design combines silviculture, satellite-based MRV and participatory community governance, with outcomes verified under Verra.

§02 · Technical design & silviculture

Native reforestation,
at 10,080 hectares.

Native reforestation (c.90% of planted area) uses primary species including Cedrelinga cateniformis (Tornillo), Dipteryx ferrea (Shihuahuaco), a complementary mix of locally adapted long-term hardwoods and Calycophyllum spruceanum (Capirona), a strong pioneer hardwood with rapid growth to accelerate canopy closure and soil recovery.

Planting densities range 625–1,100 trees/ha depending on species and planting system, for a weighted average c.800 trees/ha, selected per micro-site using site-specific edaphic and hydrological data. The silvicultural programme includes degraded pastureland restoration and early weed control through agro-ecological practices, mixed-row and nurse-species planting strategies, staged thinning and pruning to optimise growth, carbon uptake and timber/non-timber value. Nursery and outplanting protocols target survival rates >80% at Year 2.

Agroforestry systems (c.10% of area, 1,120 ha) integrate cocoa- and coffee-based shade-agroforestry mosaics with native canopy species. Shade tree selection prioritises native timber and multipurpose species for long-term ecological and economic co-benefits.

§03 · Carbon, MRV & permanence

VM0047.
40-year crediting.

The project follows Verra VM0047 with a 40-year crediting lifetime and five-year verification cycles. MRV uses a hybrid approach: permanent field inventory plots combined with annual remote sensing and GIS change detection to quantify carbon stock changes and baseline dynamics.

Dynamic baseline modelling, conservative buffers and reversal risk mitigation are applied to protect permanence. Expected removals: c. 90,000 tCO₂e per year at full scale (estimate, subject to validation and verification).

§04 · Communities & safeguards

600+ green jobs projected,
designed with communities.

The project is at pre-feasibility, before consultation: FPIC and community co-design will precede any carbon contract. Communities participate in land use zoning, benefit-sharing design and social investment planning. The scaled project is projected, at full scale, to create >600 green jobs across nursery operations, planting, agroforestry services, monitoring and forest management.

Revenue streams (carbon credits, sustainable timber and non-timber harvests, agroforestry crop sales) flow through transparent benefit-sharing agreements. Governance includes community councils, co-management agreements and grievance mechanisms aligned with IFC Performance Standards.

Biodiversity, hydrology and ecosystem services: restoration emphasises structural complexity and species diversity to accelerate habitat recovery, with riparian buffer restoration, erosion control and connectivity corridors.

Restoration at scale,
open to partners.

For investors, corporate buyers and partners interested in carbon removals with biodiversity and community benefits in the Selva Central. The project is at pre-feasibility; partnership discussions are open.

Thatched community house among trees and coffee plants, forested hills behind, Gran Pajonal
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REDD+ & AgroforestryIn community consultation

Gran Pajonal

Ashéninka territories · Pasco–Ucayali · Peruvian Amazon

A community REDD+ and agroforestry project in a remote Ashéninka forest landscape. Gran Pajonal links Ashéninka territorial governance, forest protection, deforestation-free coffee & cocoa agroforestry, biological monitoring and carbon finance into a single grouped project across titled native community lands.

MethodologyVM0048 / (REDD+ AUDD)
Area198,033 ha
Communities30 Ashéninka communities in the grouped design · FPIC under way with two
Annual volume~129,000 VCUs/yr
Total volume~5.17M VCUs / 40 years
RegistryListed on Verra · VCS / 5949
FrameworkVCS Peru REDD+ / RENAMI alignment
PartnersOAGP · Nouvelle Planète

§01 · The Gran Pajonal landscape

The Andes–Amazon transition,
Pasco and Ucayali.

Gran Pajonal is a remote high plateau in Peru’s Selva Central, located mainly in Ucayali, with territories extending into Pasco. It is a rugged transition zone between the eastern Andes and the Amazon basin: humid forests, steep hills, deep ravines, grassland openings and dispersed Ashéninka settlements connected by tracks, rivers and long journeys from Oventeni.

For generations, Ashéninka communities have managed these forests under customary and communal tenure systems. Today, those territories face rising pressure from shifting agriculture, informal timber extraction, pasture expansion, external encroachment and the absence of reliable public services.

The project turns this frontier of vulnerability into a platform for community-led forest protection, climate finance and long-term livelihood resilience.

§02 · Carbon project design

Community REDD+,
built with Indigenous governance.

The Gran Pajonal REDD+ and Agroforestry Project is designed as an Avoided Unplanned Deforestation and Degradation project under Verra’s VM0048 methodology. It protects forest carbon stocks by reducing the conversion of titled Indigenous communal forests, while strengthening the local institutions that make long-term conservation possible.

The carbon architecture combines satellite-based monitoring, GIS analysis, risk-map allocation, community surveillance, safeguards and field implementation. Historical forest-loss dynamics are assessed using national and remote-sensing data, while project performance is tracked through a transparent MRV system aligned with VCS requirements and Peru’s evolving REDD+ accounting framework.

The project is structured across a 40-year crediting period. Final crediting volumes will depend on validation, Verra allocation tools, leakage deductions, buffer requirements and monitored performance.

§03 · Grouped project structure

Thirty communities,
one shared framework.

The project is designed as a grouped REDD+ project across 30 Ashéninka native communities affiliated with the Organización Ashéninka del Gran Pajonal, OAGP. The grouped design allows communities to join progressively under a common technical, legal and safeguards framework.

Pilot communities begin with community agreements, FPIC implementation, baseline consolidation, initial surveillance brigades, agroforestry pilots and MRV onboarding.

Progressive inclusion allows additional communities to join once technical, legal and social eligibility conditions are met, including land-rights review, governance readiness and community consent.

Unified MRV and safeguards keep all participating communities under the same Internal Control System, including eligibility screening, FPIC documentation, safeguards monitoring, training, QA/QC and recordkeeping.

§04 · Intervention model

Forest protection
with lasting livelihoods.

The project focuses on the drivers of unplanned deforestation and degradation. It does not treat communities as passive beneficiaries, but as territorial partners.

  • Community surveillance and control: training and equipment for community brigades, patrol protocols, early-warning systems, GPS/mobile monitoring, incident reporting and coordination with competent authorities.
  • Biological monitoring and research: community-based monitoring of priority species, habitat condition and forest health, integrating local ecological knowledge with scientific protocols.
  • Deforestation-free coffee & cocoa agroforestry: support for coffee & cocoa-based agroforestry on degraded lands and existing productive areas, with technical assistance, post-harvest improvements, market access and zero-deforestation value-chain alignment.
  • Sustainable forest and ecosystem-service management: territorial planning, sustainable use of timber and non-timber forest products, environmental education and community capacity to manage forest resources without expanding pressure on primary forest.
  • Governance strengthening: support to OAGP and community institutions, including board registration, statutes, administrative systems, benefit-sharing governance, accountability and participation of women and youth.

§05 · FPIC, safeguards & benefit sharing

Consent first,
benefits agreed locally.

Gran Pajonal is built on Free, Prior and Informed Consent. The FPIC process is designed as a long-term partnership mechanism. Communities receive project information in accessible formats, deliberate through their assemblies, define conditions for participation and formalise decisions through community agreements.

The process is aligned with Peruvian legal principles, IFC Performance Standards and Verra safeguards. It includes preparation, design, co-construction, implementation and monitoring.

The benefit-sharing model combines early carbon finance for project implementation with long-term revenues from VCU commercialisation. Resources support surveillance, monitoring, sustainable livelihoods, certification and management, while creating community benefit flows and a dedicated community trust fund for health, education, livelihoods and territorial governance.

A community member in a traditional cushma draws a land-use map on paper while a Fronterra team member looks on
Participatory mapping · community workshop
Community members and the Fronterra social team laying out mapping sheets on a table in a communal hall
Preparing the mapping sheets with community members

§06 · Impact at a glance

Measurable climate mitigation.
Local governance.

  • Community surveillance brigades trained to reduce illegal logging, encroachment and forest loss.
  • Coffee & cocoa agroforestry developed as a deforestation-free livelihood pathway.
  • OAGP governance strengthened as the central Indigenous coordination structure.
  • CEDIA and Nouvelle Planète provide long-standing field legitimacy and social-development foundations.
  • Fronterra structures carbon engineering, MRV, safeguards, finance and market access.

§07 · Partners & roles

The operating
partnership.

OAGP is the Indigenous governance counterpart representing Ashéninka communities, coordinating inter-community decision-making, FPIC, local implementation and benefit-sharing oversight.

Nouvelle Planète is a strategic seed partner and historical donor supporting community development, FPIC readiness and early implementation conditions.

Fronterra leads project design, carbon engineering, MRV, safeguards, finance structuring, project management and market access.

MINAM, SERFOR and OSINFOR are relevant public authorities for national REDD+ alignment, forest governance, compliance and environmental oversight.

Community REDD+
under Ashéninka governance.

From Oventeni to the most remote Ashéninka settlements, Gran Pajonal is built where public services rarely arrive, and where community stewardship protects the forest.

ContactMarseille · Cusco · Pucallpa

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