Conexión Jaguar

Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. projects to issue carbon credits next year

Conexión Jaguar is the sustainability program of Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. (ISA), carried out by the company to contribute to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

Within the framework of this program, the company provides technical and financial support to those who have forest recovery and preservation projects that meet the criteria stipulated by the company and contribute to the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This selection is made through annual calls between 2017 and 2030 for different countries in the region.

The best projects will enter Conexión Jaguar, through which they will be able to issue and trade carbon credits certified to international standards. The resources obtained through this mechanism will be invested in actions to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, protect the jaguar and its associated biodiversity, and improve the quality of life of the communities.

The 2017 projects will issue bonds in voluntary carbon markets to receive resources that will enable the sustainability of their activity.

The company is working on the Conexión Jaguar program.

Valerie Cifuentes

Conexión Jaguar is the sustainability program of Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. (ISA), carried out by the company to contribute to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

Within the framework of this program, the company provides technical and financial support to those who have forest recovery and preservation projects that meet the criteria stipulated by the company and contribute to the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This selection is made through annual calls between 2017 and 2030 for different countries in the region.

The best projects will enter Conexión Jaguar, through which they will be able to issue and trade carbon credits certified to international standards. The resources obtained through this mechanism will be invested in actions to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, protect the jaguar and its associated biodiversity, and improve the quality of life of the communities.

The 2017 projects will issue bonds in voluntary carbon markets to receive resources that will enable the sustainability of their activity.

Other relevant information about the project

According to Juan Fernando Patiño, project leader, nearly COP 5 billion have been earmarked for investment through 2020. There are currently two projects underway for the conservation of forests in Colombia that have been affected by cattle ranching, one of them in Cimitarra, Santander, with 2.000 hectares consisting of the recovery of degraded areas, in which “there is a potential reduction of approximately 230.000 tons of CO2 equivalent”. The other project is in Tierra Alta, Córdoba, with 300 hectares with the potential to reduce 45.000 tons of CO2.

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Memorandum of understanding

To perform reforestation or forest protection activities

  • Agroforestry systems
  • Silvopastoral systems
  • Commercial plantations
  • Assisted Natural Regeneration
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Forest conservation
  • Others associated with the reduction of pressure on forests, such as ecotourism and environmental education.

Minimum desirable areas

  • Reforestation: 1.500 hectares
  • Conservation: 10.000 hectares
  • Projects that have started their activities in a period of less than 4 years.
  • Non-existence of land restitution claims
  • Not being reported on international or national watch lists
  • For reforestation projects: Not having cut down the forest to plan
  • For conservation projects: Existence of forest with verifiable threat of deforestation
  • To be located in the strategic areas of the Jaguar Corridor and ISA's presence (Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru).
  • In Chile, our focal species is the puma
  • To have the documentation supporting the ownership of the land, contracts or agreements that prove their rights over the areas.
  • To have the necessary resources or sources of financing to implement planting, cultivation, or conservation activities.
  • Authority to make decisions as owner or representative of project owners
  • Willingness to provide project information in an agile manner
  • Willingness to commit to the Program through carbon credits
  • Willingness to sign agreements with allies
  • Generate a positive impact for the environment, the community and biodiversity.
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