The Mayas Project is a 33,747-ha VM0007 REDD+ initiative on PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa's natural-forest concession in the KHG Sentap Kancang peatland, Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Developed since 2019 with YIARI and Karbon Natura Indonesia, it targets 84.2 Mt CO2e avoided while protecting one of Borneo's largest unprotected orangutan populations. Earthood-led Verra VVB validation/verification was scheduled for May 2025.
- Name
- The Mayas Project
- Developer
- PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa
- Province
- West Kalimantan
- Type
- Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use
- Methodology
- VM0007
- Hectares
- 33.747 ha
- Status
- Pipeline
- Integrity score
- 63 / 100
- Registry IDs
- Verra VCS3591
- Generated
- Updated 2026-04-23
What is The Mayas Project?
The Mayas Project is a 33,747-ha VM0007 REDD+ initiative on PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa's natural-forest concession in the KHG Sentap Kancang peatland, Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Developed since 2019 with YIARI and Karbon Natura Indonesia, it targets 84.
Who operates The Mayas Project?
The Mayas Project is developed by PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa and listed on Verra VCS3591.
What is its integrity score?
63 / 100. Driven down by validation recency (50) and supported by community flags (75).
Why is it notable?
Latest news. On 2 April 2025, Mopakha published a public stakeholder notice announcing Earthood Services Limited's Verra VCS/CCB validation-verification audit scheduled for May 2025 . On 2-3 October 2025, Indonesia's Ministry of Environment (KLH) and Verra signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement enabling Indonesian VCS projects — including The Mayas Project as one of ~eight named consortium projects — to register with Verra and have VCUs mutually recognized with SPEI in the SRN-PPI national registry, with first issuances targeted by mid-2026 .
When was this last updated?
This dossier was generated on 2026-04-23 by claude-agent-websearch.
The Mayas Project is a 33,747-ha VM0007 REDD+ initiative on PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa's natural-forest concession in the KHG Sentap Kancang peatland, Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Developed since 2019 with YIARI and Karbon Natura Indonesia, it targets 84.2 Mt CO2e avoided while protecting one of Borneo's largest unprotected orangutan populations. Earthood-led Verra VVB validation/verification was scheduled for May 2025.
Analyst briefing
Activities and scale The Mayas Project covers 33,747 hectares within PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa's (Mopakha) natural-forest concession in Muara Pawan and Matan Hilir Utara sub-districts, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan, sited on the KHG Sentap Kancang peatland hydrological unit 1. The developer's public documentation frames it as a peatland REDD+ program combining forest protection and fire-patrol units, multi-silviculture and water-management works, community livelihoods training in agroforestry and paludiculture, and biodiversity monitoring 1. Headline targets are 84.2 Mt CO2e avoided over the project crediting period, protection of nine IUCN-listed species (including Bornean orangutan), 30,000 community beneficiaries, 500 children reached via education programs, and 100 full-time jobs 1. The methodology is VM0007 with validation aimed at both VCS and CCB standards 4.
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Integrity score
Moderate
v1 methodology, calibrating. Last computed 2026-06-10.
Registries
Issuances
Pipeline — no issuances recorded.
Retirements
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Total retired
No retirements recorded.
Satellite alerts (last 90 days)
Total
1.872
High confidence
0
Nominal confidence
0
Score methodology
Score computed 2026-06-10 from inputs: alerts last 90 days (1872), high-confidence alerts (0), registries (1), years since validation (unknown).
Methodology v1. Weights: validation recency 25%, reversal risk 35%, community flags 20%, transparency 20%. See full methodology →