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Overview
Infinite Earth is a Hong Kong-based project development company specializing in conservation. The company was created in 2008 with the goal of developing the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, a 90,000-hectacre peat swamp in Central Kalimatan, Indonesia. Rimba Raya is the worlds largest REDD+ project (Reduced emissions from avoided deforestation and degradation). This project works to eradicate deforestation, and promote conservation of local wildlife. Rimba Raya Reserve aims to provide an economically viable solution to deforestation, by selling carbon credits based on the carbon rich forest.
REDD Methodology
Infinite Earth is an industry pioneer, delivering the world’s first REDD (forest carbon accounting) methodology to be approved by the VCS (Voluntary Carbon Standard). The REDD+ standard also was the first ever to receive triple-gold validation under the CCB standard (Climate,Community, and Biodiversity standard). These standards quantify the climate benefits for projects reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve served as the basis for the development of the methodology and became VCS-approved REDD project in the world. With approval, Infinite Earth can now sell carbon credits on the voluntary market, to provide economically viable alternatives to the conversion of biodiverse forests.
Rimba Raya Project
The Rimba Raya Project focuses on environmental conservation, community outreach, and climate control. Through Infinite Earth’s project development, several initiatives have been put into place within the communities that have historically depended (unsustainably) on the forests of Rimba Raya. The main initiatives focus on the welfare of women and children living at the margins within this area. Rimba Raya’s REDD+ program has worked to provide alternative income streams for this forest dependent community.
Along with eradicating local deforestation, Rimba Raya works to preserve the endangered species population within the reserve. Rimba Raya has partnered with renowned Primatologist and Conservationist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas to provide natural habitats for endangered orangutans in Borneo. The reserve also funds the Orangutan Foundation International and their Orangutan care center, which aims to reintroduce 300 wild born, rehabilitated orphaned orangutans in its care, back into the wild with the safe confines of the Rimba Raya Reserve.