This blue carbon project is estimated to sequester 506,100 tCO2eq over the project's lifetime. Located within the vast Segara Anakan lagoon along Java Island's southern coast, the project area is threatened by unsustainable aquaculture practices and a lack of incentives to restore the mangrove ecosystem. The revitalization of the mangrove ecosystem is critical and closely linked to the communities' well-being, as they rely heavily on silvofishery for their livelihoods, which can only thrive in a healthy mangrove ecosystem.

The project aims to pivot logging forest into a protected forest, resulting in approximately 25 million VCUs. The forest area is dominated by secondary forests and emerging forests. The project has been actively harvesting timber in the past decade, with an >80% logging realization achievement against its management plan (RKU). The project area is bordered by palm oil plantations and illegal mining areas, creating a clear threat of illegal deforestation and encroachment. The project area is one of the top 10 largest and oldest concessions in Indonesia, with area 5x larger than the average logging concessions.

Project area spans over 300,000 Ha of degraded lands and lowland secondary forest in 5 National Reserves in Laos. Project has signed MoU with the government of Laos and given green light to be developed as a carbon offset project. It will focus to protect 80,000 hectares of pristine forest that is under threat of illegal deforestation activities and simultaneously restore more than 9,000 hectares of degraded land near the Laos National Forest. The project is expected to avoid and sequester approximately 231,979 tons of CO2e per year through forest protection and restoration activities. Preserving the project area will provide essential ecological services, particularly benefiting the local community. More than 65,152 individuals are affected by this project as they heavily rely on the forest for their livelihoods.

This programme lowers unlawful poaching, forest fires, and unsustainable extraction of timber and non-timber forest products by involving local populations in safeguarding their forest.

The project produces an estimated 245,000 tCO2eq per annum through its conversion from logging to a protected forest. The project manages an IUPHHK-HA license until 2057. The asset owner is a seasoned logging company with 11+ years of experience and is currently actively logging the concession. The project is an active concession, reflected in the high deforestation rate over the past 10 years, where the area experienced an annual forest cover loss of 1.6%.

Combining reforestation on degraded land for sustainable timber production, sequestration of CO2 and protection of native forests + animals.