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Baú Indigenous Territory — REDD+ Project
The Coopaibra Carbon TI Baú REDD+ project, registered with Verra as VCS 5426, in partnership with the Mantinó Indigenous Association (AIM) and the Kayapó people. Conservation of more than 1.5 million hectares of preserved Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Altamira, Pará.
Baú Indigenous Territory · Pará · Brazil
Preserved forest (green) against surrounding deforestation (red)
Project fact sheet
Institutional data
- Project name
- Coopaibra Carbon TI Baú REDD+
- Verra registry
- VCS Project ID 5426
- Community partner
- Associação Indígena Mantinó (AIM) — representing the Kayapó communities of the Baú Indigenous Territory
- Location
- Baú Indigenous Territory · Altamira municipality · Pará, Brazil
- People
- Kayapó
- Population served
- Approximately 672 people across 8 villages
- Area
- 1,523,265.88 hectares of preserved Amazon rainforest
- Methodology
- REDD — Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Avoided Unplanned Deforestation)
- Project horizon
- 40 years
- Estimated emission reductions
- Approximately 108 million tCO₂e avoided over 40 years (preliminary PIN estimate)
Institutional record
Project timeline
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29 January 2024
Formal invitation from AIM
The Mantinó Indigenous Association (AIM), representing the Kayapó communities of the Baú Indigenous Territory, sends a formal invitation letter to Coopaibra to present the project to the community.
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February 2024
Engaging MPF, MP-PA and FUNAI
Coopaibra files Ofício 00401/2024 with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (Procuradoria da República in Santarém/Itaituba-PA), inviting them to follow the FPIC. Parallel letters to the State of Pará Public Prosecutor's Office and to FUNAI (CR Cuiabá and CTL Novo Progresso). The filing references ILO Convention 169 and the MPF + MP-PA Technical Note 02/2023.
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8 – 9 March 2024
FPIC at Kamau village
The Free, Prior and Informed Consultation (FPIC) is held at Kamau village with the participation of the Kayapó community of TI Baú. The Minutes of the Consultation are signed at the meeting itself, and the community Resolution approving the project is subscribed by every adult present.
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May 2024
Briefing to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
Coopaibra presents the project to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI), to Minister Sônia Guajajara — establishing federal-level engagement with the indigenous-affairs portfolio.
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Jul – Sep 2024
FUNAI approvals for the PGTA
FUNAI rulings — CGGAM/COPLAM (18 Jul), SEGAT (19 Aug) and CTL Novo Progresso (16 Sep) — approve the development of the Territorial and Environmental Management Plan (PGTA) for TI Baú, with technical follow-up by the agency.
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12 September 2024
Community asks Coopaibra to begin execution
The Mantinó Indigenous Association sends a formal invitation letter requesting that the project's execution begin. The letter is signed by the community as a whole — not only the association's leadership — confirming the collective endorsement of Coopaibra's work.
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15 November 2024
Joint Verra registration
AIM and Coopaibra sign the Verra Registry Communications Agreement and the VCS Listing Representation, jointly registering the project as VCS 5426 — "Coopaibra Carbon TI Baú REDD+".
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Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
Flora and fauna inventory in the field
Forest inventory of flora and fauna is conducted on the Baú Indigenous Territory, led by an experienced technical team. Members of the indigenous community are trained in the field and participate directly in data collection — building local technical capacity.
Field execution
Flora and fauna inventory
Between November 2024 and January 2025, Coopaibra carried out the forest inventory of flora and fauna on the Baú Indigenous Territory — a key technical step for the development of the Verra REDD+ project.
The work was led by an experienced technical team, with professionals seasoned in forest inventories across Amazonian territories. As part of the execution, members of the indigenous community were trained in the field and took active part in data collection — strengthening local technical knowledge and the community's future autonomy in managing the territory.
Institutional commitment
Broad articulation, fair benefit
The TI Baú REDD+ project reflects Coopaibra's commitment to broad institutional articulation — engaging the indigenous community, the relevant public bodies (FUNAI, MPF, MPI) and the international certification mechanisms — so that the benefits of the carbon economy flow fairly and transparently to the Kayapó people of the Baú Indigenous Territory.
Reinvestment in the territory
80% of net credit revenue returns to the indigenous community.
Allocated according to the rules of the Coopaibra Carbon Program and the agreements signed with the Mantinó Indigenous Association, with priority for health, education, infrastructure, communications and income generation across the program's ESG fronts.
Video record
TI Baú on video
Free, Prior and Informed Consultation (FPIC) and field teams on the Baú Indigenous Territory.
Coopaibra Carbon — TI Baú Consultation Protocol
TI Baú Consultation Protocol — Field Teams
TI Baú is the featured project of the Coopaibra Carbon Program.
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