Voluntary Carbon Market: Opportunities for the Generation of High Quality Credits at Resex Gariba-Roosevelt, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Abstract

The article discusses the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the negative impact of climate change and the importance of adopting an ecocentric perspective in the relationship between human beings and nature. The documentary study carried out at the RESEX Guariba-Roosevelt aimed to understand the functioning mechanisms of the carbon markets through a study at the RESEX Guariba-Roosevelt applying the main steps of a certification standard for reducing emissions. The descriptive and exploratory research adopted the Verified Carbon Standards (VCS) methodology for REDD+ projects and analyzed the dynamics of changes in land use with PRODES/INPE data for the period from 2007 to 2021. The results showed a deforestation rate of 6.5% considering the RESEX and the buffer zone as a spatial limit, which allowed the calculation of deforestation projections of 5,275.6142 hectares and emissions of 2,558,163 tCO²e to be avoided, verifying the additionality of the project when considering the limit RESEX space, resulting in a financial contribution of $9.8 million dollars for the time limit (2023-2025) of thirty years of the project. It was observed that carbon markets can contribute to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, by building actions that seek to balance the relationship between those who generate externalities and society.