Panama
Removal
Afforestation / Reforestation
The Generation
Forest
Transform degraded land into thriving forests that lasts generations!
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Panama
Removal
Afforestation / Reforestation
Transform degraded land into thriving forests that lasts generations!
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Panama
Removal
Reforestation
2.800 ha
Project Partner
Insurable Project
Since 1995 Generation Forest restores degraded land in Panama into permanent, biodiverse forests, sequestering carbon
for 100 years.
Unique Project ID: vcs 2481
Registry: VCS CCB
Beyond Accredited Standards
4.2
out of 5
Overall Project Score
Generation Forest Project achieves high scores for its high permanence and low overestimation risk as well as its high climate change mitigation impact.
(how the project helps)
4.1 out of 5
With a sequestration rate of >20 tCO₂ per hectare and a total impact of 25 million tonnes CO₂ removed, this project outperforms most forestry initiatives.
Its 100-year carbon capture model and 10,000-hectare scale ensure lasting climate benefits.
(how it’s secured)
4.1 out of 5
Generation Forest's diverse, locally native species avoid risk tied to monocultures.
Backed by 25 years of experience, strong local partnerships, and a skilled workforce, the project operates in a stable political environment, ensuring long-term success.
(how it stays reliable)
4.1 out of 5
As Panama’s first B Corp-certified project developer, this initiative upholds the highest environmental and social standards.
With a transparent, purpose-driven business and secure land ownership, it sets a benchmark for integrity.
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“We are proud that the Generation Forest Group has chosen goodcarbon to sell its first carbon credits.”
We love The Generation Forest because it delivers measurable climate and biodiversity benefits. Using state-of-the-art monitoring technology and collaborating with leading research institutions, it ensures transparency and scientific rigor.
Why The Project Matters
The Problem
How Generation Forest Helps
The Generation Forest
With fair wages and strong ties to indigenous communities, The Generation Forest delivers lasting environmental and social benefits.
Nature
1,000+
hectares
of rainforest have already been restored.
Equals ≈1.429 football fields!
People
4,000+
people
have already been positively impacted.
28 full-time jobs and 60 seasonal jobs were created during the vintage period.
Climate
28
tonnes of CO2e
per hectare are sequestered annually over 35 years, with a project lifetime of over 100 years.
More than most forestry projects
The Generation Forest pioneers a sustainable forestry model developed by Iliana Armién and Andreas Eke.
As part of the Generation Forest Group, Futuro Forestal has 30 years of expertise in native tree reforestation. The project partners with the Emberá community of Piriatí to run a tree nursery using wild-harvested seeds, fostering biodiversity and local empowerment. In collaboration with SOMASPA and ANCON, it has documented the return of endangered species like jaguars and pumas.
Contribution to SDGs
The project area is one of two regions with the highest poverty rates in Panama.
The Generation Forest empowers an indigenous community by entrusting them with the management and operation of the tree nursery, which supplies the seedlings for the project. This approach not only supports reforestation efforts but also fosters economic independence, preserves traditional ecological knowledge, and strengthens community engagement in environmental conservation.
Nobody knows the local forests better than the indigenous people who lived in the region for thousands of years.
The project creates partnerships at eye-level to work with indigenous people to source seeds of precious native trees, to help protect these species. The Wounaan people, for example, source most of the Cocobolo and Almendro seeds for the Generation Forests, as they know best where to find them.
The project lies within areas with a high Species Threat Abatement Score (STAR).
The project protects the endemic flora species which are vulnerable and/or critically endangered as well as protects and increases fauna population. Nobody apart from the Generation Forest is actively growing rare, locally sourced seeds of the majority of the native trees species. The Generation Forest therefore has a team specialized in collecting wild seeds of the trees.
The project takes place on historic forest lands which have been degraded due to extensive cattle ranching.
The project incorporates more than 20 native species and a mixed and multi-aged native tree species structure. Furthermore, the project not only re-establishes permanent ecosystems on degraded land that seemed deprived of any natural or economic value – it also monitors its impacts through state-of-the-art technology and partners with renowned scientific research institutions, such as the Yale School of Forestry.
“It’s wonderful to witness how such a tiny seed, can grow into a giant of the forest.”
Iliana Armien
Co-Founder Generation Forest
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