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GANBOS 1 — Restoring degraded cattle land in Costa Rica.

A 30,000-hectare reforestation project working with cattle farmers to introduce rotational grazing, restore native forest, and generate 5 million high-integrity carbon credits over 40 years.

LocationCosta Rica
HabitatTropical forest
Hectares30,000
Credits (40 yrs)5 million
StatusOperational
Project overview

Reforestation that pays farmers more.

Half of the world’s agricultural land is pasture. The potential to reforest degraded cattle grazing land while increasing agricultural productivity is enormous.

rePLANET partners with cattle farmers to introduce rotational grazing. This increases grass production, improves cattle health, and enables them to be grass-fed all year — while releasing 5–30% of grazing land for reforestation with native species.

Farmers earn a higher income from raised productivity, reduced costs, and annual payments from soil carbon credits and ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation and Regeneration) credits. Local communities benefit through reinvested credit value, biodiversity gain is independently verified, and food production is maintained.

GANBOS 1 is the first operational project in a portfolio of five rePLANET projects across Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay that could collectively generate 40 million high-quality carbon credits over 40 years.

Why this project matters

Cattle grazing covers more than 2.5 billion hectares worldwide. Restoring just a fraction of degraded grazing land — without removing food production — could unlock one of the largest credible nature-based carbon opportunities on earth.

Measurable outcomes

Triple-action impact, independently verified.

Every credit is designed to deliver nature-positive, people-positive and food-positive outcomes — measured, verified and reinvested.

+50%

Biodiversity gain

Quantified across multiple taxa using the Wallacea Trust methodology, peer reviewed independently.

60%

Reinvested locally

Of credit sale value reinvested in local stakeholders and communities, verified via Fair Credits.

5m

Carbon credits

High-integrity ARR credits generated over the 40-year crediting period of the project.

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From the ground.

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Project timeline

From baseline to verified credits.

Each project follows a rigorous development pathway grounded in scientific baseline, community partnership and independent verification.

2023 — 2024

Baseline & design

Ecological baseline survey, community engagement, landowner agreements, project design.

2024 — 2025

Funded & operational

Funding secured, planting and rotational grazing implementation begins across the portfolio.

2026

First issuance

Initial ARR credit issuance after verification, with biodiversity outcomes peer reviewed.

2027 — 2064

Monitoring & reissuance

Continuous MRV, biodiversity tracking, community benefit audits across the 40-year period.

Community impact

Built with — and for — local communities.

GANBOS 1 works with more than 200 farming households across Costa Rica's Guanacaste region. Cattle farmers see income rise from higher productivity and additional credit payments, while wildlife corridors return to degraded landscapes.

  • 200+ farming households participating
  • Independent peer review through Fair Credits
  • Food production maintained on remaining land
Partners & verifiers

Delivered with proven partners.

From scientific peer review to community delivery, GANBOS 1 is implemented with a network of trusted partners.

GANBOS 1

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