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créditos de carbono a serem gerados, o projeto iráutilizar metodologias reconhecidas internacionalmentee certificação independente nos padrões da AliançaClima Comunidade e Biodi<strong>vers</strong>idade (CCBA) eVoluntary Carbon Standards (VCS).Sequestro de carbonoO conceito do sequestro de carbono foi introduzidopela Conferência de Quioto, em 1997, para contere reverter o acúmulo de CO2 na atmosfera, a fimde mitigar o aquecimento global previsto pelacomunidade científica.O reflorestamento é uma das formas de sequestrode carbono, uma vez que, no processode crescimento e maturação das árvores,toneladas de carbono são sequestradasda atmosfera. Para se ter ideia, umtronco de árvore com massa de 1 tonpossui 500 quilos de carbono emestoque (IPCC).methodologies recognized internationally andindependent certification under the ClimateCommunity and Biodi<strong>vers</strong>ity Alliance (CCBA)Standards and the Voluntary Carbon Standards(VCS).Carbon sequestrationThe concept of carbon sequestration was firstintroduced during the Kyoto UNFCCC Conferenceof the Parties in 1997 as a means to contain anddiminish CO2 emissions in the atmosphereand, consequently, the global warming effectspredicted by the scientific community.Reforestation is one means of carbonsequestration. During the trees’ growth andmaturation, tons of carbon are sequestered fromthe atmosphere. For example, , a one-ton treetrunk stores 550 kilograms of carbon (IPCC).

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