Para La Naturaleza (PLN), an environmental nonprofit, plans to start a carbon crediting program to fund their projects throughout Puerto Rico. Our project conducted a feasibility assessment for PLN using a planned mangrove reforestation project in the Punta Cabullones Natural Protected Area as a case study. We investigated best practices from mangrove monitoring plans, determined the steps to become carbon credit certified, and estimated the organizational and economic feasibility of participating in carbon crediting. Though there are some concerns with Verra and the market as a whole, we determined the steps to create and maintain a carbon crediting project and concluded that the program is profitable.

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Creator

• Juneja, Sahen
• Gosalia, Yashvi
• McCorkell, Hildey
• Hart, Jessica

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022824-102332
• 117918

Keyword

• Puerto Rico
• Verra
• mangrove
• carbon sequestration
• carbon dioxide emissions
• carbon credit

Advisor

• Davis, John-Michael
• Belz, Melissa

Year

• 2024

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Para La Naturaleza

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2024-02-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-022824-102332

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-04-22