Why AcClima Amazonia?
The regional soil mechanics are failing. Pasture degradation is the primary driver of asset depreciation in the Amazon. The current grazing model hits a biological ceiling: soil compaction reduces grass yield, forcing operations to expand outward just to maintain the same revenue. This creates a cycle of diminishing returns.
AcClima repairs this system by:
- Reversing the Baseline: We replace emissions-heavy grazing with carbon-sequestering biology.
- Economic Engineering:We provide landowners with a profitable alternative to degradation. We utilize carbon revenue as the financing mechanism to fund the physical restoration.
- SDG Execution: We contribute industrial capacity to Peru’s National Determined Contributions (NDCs).
- Labor Force Stability: We create direct employment. This builds a local economic firewall against further deforestation.
Project phases:
Phase 1: Initial Implementation
- Scope: 10,500 hectares. Madre de Dios Region.
- Intervention: Deployment of rotational silvopasture, rainforest reforestation, and bionegocio agroforestry.
- Execution: Full lifecycle management. We handle landowner enrollment, nursery construction, site preparation, planting, and verification.
- Objective: Proof of concept at scale. We establish the operational protocols here before expanding to the 100,000+ hectare target across the Amazon basin.
Project Details, Quality and Ratings
- The Standard: Designed under Verra VM0047 methodology. Seeking Climate, Community, and Biodiversity (CCB) certification.
- Geographic Reach: Madre de Dios (Current). Expansion targets: Ucayali, Huánuco, Pasco, Loreto, and San Martin.
- Future Scale: Cross-border expansion potential into Bolivia and Brazil.
- The Asset: Transformation of degraded soil into biodiverse rainforest and productive agroforestry systems.
- Partnership Structure: Integrated operations with government, universities, local associations, and landowners under a strict Build-Operate-Manage structure.
- Permanence: 99-year legal agreements. We do not plan for seasons; we plan for a century. Adaptive monitoring and refined benefit sharing ensures the asset performs and stakeholders are aligned for the long term.
Technical Methodology
We do not rely on hope; we rely on engineering. The project operates on three control layers to ensure the asset performs:
- Bio-Engineering: We do not scatter seeds. We execute precise planting densities using a validated mix of pioneer and canopy species. We engineer the landscape to maximize soil shear strength and water infiltration, reversing the erosion mechanics of the region.
- Digital Telemetry: We removed the clipboard. The operation runs on a full-stack digital environment—utilizing satellite MRV, drone LiDAR, bio-acoustic sensors and camera traps. We track every hectare in real-time to generate audit-grade data.
- Asset Defense: We treat trees as capital inventory. We protect them through active fire management, physical patrols, and a comprehensive risk matrix that prevents leakage and loss.
The AcClima Field Restoration Nursery
The planned Madre de Dios Restoration Nursery is expected to span 5 hectares and capable of holding more than 6 million seedlings of native Amazonian species at a time. As in South Africa, this state-of-the-art nursery will employ Ellepot rooting technology to ensure seedlings are healthy and resilient as they leave to go into the field. Furthermore, AcClima Amazonia leverages off the skills and experience of Imperative’s Spekboom project Nursery team by hosting in person knowledge sessions.
