Terra Global announces the completion of public comment period for the Choco Department JNR FREL (Project ID 5079) and the COCOMACIA Community JREDD+ Program, Colombia (Project ID 2071). This marks the next step in toward issuance of CCP eligible VCUs for a JREDD+ project.
This approach under Verra applies the VCS Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework to issue VCUs under VM0048 for deforestation and VM0006 for degradation. Under both these methodologies a spatially explicit baseline is created based in risk modeling under VT0007 across the department of Choco. This will support the COCOMACIA Program, and other interested REDD+ projects in issuing VCUs under a government owned baseline.
The field audit for both the FREL and the COCOMACIA will be held in April, with issuance expected mid-year. The COCOMACIA Community JREDD+ Program covers 706,145 hectares of collectively owned Afro-descendant territory across Chocó and Antioquia, Colombia, supporting community-led forest conservation, emissions reductions, and climate-smart development through a high-integrity REDD+ framework.
