The Más Árboles Project is a large-scale land restoration initiative in Peru, designed to restore degraded land while strengthening rural livelihoods.
The project integrates tree planting, land management, and community-driven development into a coherent system that generates long-term environmental and economic value.
The project aims to:
The focus is not only on planting trees, but on building systems that continue to function and generate benefits over time.
The project is based on a structured collaboration:
This separation of roles ensures clarity, accountability, and consistency.
Field implementation is carried out through the Pachamama Raymi methodology.
This methodology is based on:
It has been applied successfully over many years in rural development contexts and is designed to create sustained behavioral change and long-term adoption.
More information: Pachamama Raymi
Sembramos Prosperidad organizes monitoring systems for the project:
Sembramos Prosperidad designs monitoring to ensure consistency, traceability, and readiness for verification.
Sembramos Prosperidad develops the project under the Plan Vivo Standard, reports monitoring results annually to Plan Vivo, and shares results with participating communities and Pachamama Raymi.
INCUSE estimates carbon benefits using methodologies approved under the Plan Vivo Standard
Plan Vivo validation and verification processes assess project performance
INCUSE carries out carbon accounting and allocation, and Sembramos Prosperidad reviews the results for consistency with monitoring data and project implementation.
Sembramos Prosperidad is currently developing the project and progressing through validation.
Documentation and reporting will be made available following validation.
The project is designed as a long-term system:
Over time, external support is expected to decrease as systems mature and local actors take on a larger role.
The project operates across multiple communities and landscapes.
Its impact is expected to include:
The project is being implemented in the following districts:
