Led by Montezumae Global Consultores in close collaboration with three local communities who hold land rights and are central to all project activities and decision-making. The project strengthens community forest management while ensuring economic benefits remain local.
Standards
First credit issuance
2025
Improved Forest Management project with communities in Mexico
Developed by Montezumae Global Consultores, a Mexican civil society organization whose purpose is to develop quality forestry carbon projects, Mariposa implements improved forest management practices across 16,000 hectares of community-owned lands in the Sierra Madre Occidental. Located in northern Mexico, this project aims at improving forest management through fire management, reforestation, and soil improvement practices. The project enhances existing forest management while building local capacity and strengthening sustainable timber value chains through the promotion of additional certifications within a sustainable framework. Held on community lands, it will enhance the livelihoods of the three impacted communities through capacity-building in forestry management practices, supporting productive systems, and implementing timber transformation infrastructures that retain economic benefits locally while preserving one of Mexico's most biodiverse mountain ranges.
Activities
Fire management: Implementation of improved fire prevention, monitoring, and control systems to protect forest health
Reforestation: Strategic tree planting to restore degraded areas and enhance forest density
Soil improvement: Soil conservation and restoration practices to enhance forest productivity and ecosystem health
Value chain certification: Promotion of additional certifications to strengthen sustainable timber production framework
Capacity building: Comprehensive training in forestry management practices for community members
Processing infrastructure: Implementation of local timber transformation facilities to add value and retain economic benefits locally
