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Montes del Este

Eucalyptus and pine planted on 4,300 hectares of degraded pasture in centre-east Uruguay, grazed under the trees, with just over a million credits issued across two verifications.

Cerro Largo and Treinta y Tres, Uruguay · Verra VCS 2576

The project in numbers

The developer’s figures, as stated in its documents.

6,973hectares in the project

= 250 hectares

4,300hectares planted

= 200 hectares

1,000,000credits issued to May 2024

= 50,000 credits

Key facts

ARR Forestry

6,973ha
Area
4,300 ha planted
20,218t CO₂e a year
Removals
ClimatePartner project page
1,842,809t CO₂e
Long-term
estimated over the crediting period
1,000,000+
Credits issued
to May 2024, two verifications
2016–2116
Crediting period
Methodology
AR-ACM0003
Auditor
SCS Global Services · validation and verification
Developer
Carbosur · Fideicomiso Financiero Forestal Montes del Este

Integrity

A mature, twice-verified afforestation project with a long record on the registry, run by Uruguay's longest-standing carbon developer.

Draft profile, pending review

  1. Additional

    Afforestation of degraded grazing land under the CDM-derived AR-ACM0003 methodology; the project also produces timber, so the carbon finance case rests on the registered project document (to be read before any sale).

  2. Permanent

    A crediting period of 2016 to 2116 and a forest estate managed for the long term; silvopastoral grazing keeps the land in use between rotations.

  3. Measured

    Validated and verified by SCS Global Services under the Verified Carbon Standard; two monitoring periods closed (2016–2020 and 2020–2024).

  4. People and nature

    Cattle graze in the older stands and on unplanted land, so local farming continues; direct and indirect jobs in a rural region.

On the record

Standard
Verra VCS · 2576
Methodology
AR-ACM0003
Crediting period
2016–2116
Auditor
SCS Global Services
Credits issued
1,000,000+
View on the VCS registry ↗

Certifications

  • Verra VCS (project 2576)
  • Verra VCS 2576 under methodology AR-ACM0003; validated and verified by SCS Global Services.
  • Labels and ratings: none documented in the sources.

What the project does

Montes del Este plants eucalyptus, and on a smaller scale pine, on former pasture in the centre-east of Uruguay, in the departments of Cerro Largo and Treinta y Tres. Of the 6,973 hectares in the project, 4,300 are planted. Cattle graze in the older stands and on the land between them, so the farms stay farms. Verra registered the project as VCS 2576 under the AR-ACM0003 methodology, with a crediting period that runs from 2016 to 2116.

Two monitoring periods have closed, 2016 to 2020 and 2020 to 2024, each validated and verified by SCS Global Services, and just over a million credits have been issued against the carbon measured in the growing stands. The developer’s long-term estimate is 1,842,809 tons of CO₂e over the life of the project. Because the plantations also produce timber, Carbosur publishes a statement on how the wood products and the carbon credits are accounted for; that document is part of the review before any credit from this project is offered.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from these documents and is reproduced as stated; Lignum & Bloom has not independently verified it.