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Burapha Agroforestry
Burapha
Productive forestry, community participation and conservation safeguards working together across a restored landscape.
The project
Project overview
Burapha Agroforestry is a sustainable forestry operation in Laos that combines plantation forestry, wood processing, community engagement and conservation. Its registered carbon project establishes plantations on degraded land and generates verified carbon removals.
SilviCarbon has supported the carbon value chain through an offtake agreement for issued Verified Carbon Units. The project demonstrates how commercial forestry can be integrated with intercropping, local employment and the protection of native habitat.
At a glance
Key project facts
- Project type
- Afforestation and reforestation
- Registry
- Verra VCS 2367
- Methodology
- AR-ACM0003
- Initial project area
- 2,946 hectares
- Verified net removals
- 331,125 tCO₂e
- VCUs issued
- 281,208
- Agroforestry area
- Approximately 5,000 hectares
- Conservation area
- 7,602 hectares
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Seven perspectives.
One integrated landscape.
Explore the people, practices and landscape priorities behind Burapha. Select a topic to discover more.
Delivery and evidence
From project design to reported outcomes.
Follow the pathway from landscape understanding to evidence of delivery. Select a step to explore the project’s role, approach and reported status.
This pathway describes how design connects to evidence; it is not a record of completed milestones. Plans and estimates remain distinct from independently verified outcomes.
Why it matters
Activities and intended benefits
Community livelihoods
Plantation work, training and intercropping create income opportunities while supporting food security in partner villages.
Landscape conservation
Conservation areas and native habitat buffers alongside rivers and streams protect biodiversity across the wider landscape.
Sustainable land use
Agroforestry provides a productive alternative on degraded land and reduces pressure for continued agricultural expansion.
Benefits & evidence
What matters in this landscape.
Combining productive plantations, intercropping and habitat conservation on degraded land.
Carbon removal
Afforestation supports carbon storage through forest growth; the project overview reports verified removals and issued units.
Evidence to look for
Monitoring period, verification reports and issuance records, with net removals distinguished from units issued.
Rural livelihoods
Intercropping, plantation employment and training provide routes to local income and food production.
Evidence to look for
Participation, employment and training records, and evidence of household or farming benefits.
Habitat protection
Conservation areas and riparian buffers complement the productive forestry landscape.
Evidence to look for
Mapped conservation boundaries, habitat condition and changes over time.
The evidence above identifies useful indicators for assessing these benefits. It does not imply that all indicators have been measured or that intended benefits have been independently verified.
Connecting the project with our expertise
Burapha illustrates the connection between operating forestry projects and carbon markets. SilviCarbon’s reported involvement is an offtake agreement for issued Verified Carbon Units.
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An integrated approach
Plantations are established on eligible degraded land and managed within a broader mosaic that includes intercropping, conservation set-asides and riparian buffers. This integrated approach keeps carbon, production and ecological outcomes connected.
Carbon stocks are monitored through defined project procedures and independently verified. Alongside climate results, the project maintains ongoing engagement with local communities involved in plantation activities and land use.
Monitoring support includes consolidating operational evidence for disturbance reporting, reviewing available fire records and identifying additional mapping or field information needed to assess biomass impacts. Report preparation and evidence review are distinct from verified loss estimates.
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