First project in Brazil earns CCB validation

The Nature Conservancy has teamed up with Conservation International, several local Brazilian NGO's, and private landowners to support Brazil's first CCB validated project, known as the Monte Pascoal-Pau Brazil Ecological Corridor reforestation project. Currently only 28 acres have been validated by Rainforest Alliance, the third-party auditor, but the project hopes to include up to 2,400 acres of highly fragmented Atlantic Forest habitat and ultimately create a 37-mile wide migratory corridor between two of Brazil's national parks. Read more...