Ejido La Libertad

Ejido La Libertad is a community forest management project in southern Mexico that combines improved forest management practices with rigorous carbon accounting. The ejido community manages the forest sustainably, generating carbon credits while maintaining biodiversity, protecting watershed services, and ensuring long-term community livelihoods. The project demonstrates that community-led forest stewardship is both economically viable and climatically impactful. Community members participate in forest patrols, fire prevention, monitoring, and sustainable harvesting, creating a model where local people are the primary guardians of their natural heritage. Revenue from carbon credits supports community infrastructure, education, and economic diversification.