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Building a Model of Conservation Coffee and Carbon Credit in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Grantee Name: 
Cooperativa AMBIO Sociedad Cooperativa de Responsabilidad Limitada
HOTSPOT
Mesoamerica
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$142,983
DATES
Feb 2008
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Jun 2009
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mesoamerica
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$142,983
DATES
Feb 2008
-
Jun 2009

Establish a payment for environmental service scheme in which eight strategically located communities will adopt best practices in conservation coffee and receive compensation through their carbon savings. In addition, the grant is viewed as a model for the State of Chiapas, which is drafting a new policy for payment for environmental service.

Strategic Direction: 1 Foster civil society participation in regional decisionmaking on select policies and investments to promote the conservation and sustainable development of the Selva Maya and the Selva Zoque and Chiapas/Guatemala Highlan