Go Balance in Brazil
Go Balance Trocano Araretama REDD+ Project
Forest Protection with Community Impact at its heart
Go Balance is the REDD+ project developer behind the Trocano Araretama Project in Borba, Amazonas, Brazil. The project combines long-term forest protection, biodiversity conservation and community programmes across approximately 1.3 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon, operating under the Natural Forest Standard with independent third-party verification.
Led by Go Balance, the Brazil Trocano Project REDD is a standout example of a high-integrity, nature-based solution that combines climate action with social development. The project prevents carbon emissions by avoiding deforestation across a vast area of rainforest, helping to preserve biodiversity and promote community empowerment.
Why the Trocano Project Matters
The Go Balance Brazil REDD Project isn't just about carbon. It's about people.
Through its REDD+ model, the project delivers real benefits to the communities of Borba, including clean water systems, healthcare support, environmental education, sustainable farming programmes, and fire prevention training. These initiatives are part of the project’s long-term commitment to ensuring that the rewards of climate finance are shared equitably and locally.
The Go Balance REDD project uses verified, risk-based carbon accounting and independent third-party verification to support transparency, integrity and measurable impact. It’s a project designed not just for carbon credit buyers, but for those who care about meaningful, on-the-ground results — for forests, for biodiversity, and for people.
How the Go Balance REDD+ Project delivers integrity
High-quality Natural Capital Credits
At the heart of the Trocano Project REDD+ is the belief that communities are not just stakeholders — they’re partners in protecting the forest. Every activity is developed in close collaboration with the people of Borba, ensuring that local knowledge, priorities and leadership shape the project’s direction.
Through Go Balance’s implementation, the project achieves environmental outcomes that, following independent third-party verification, may support Natural Capital Credits issued by the Natural Forest Standard.
These credits reflect not only the avoided emissions from deforestation, but also the broader social and environmental value delivered through the project’s community-driven model.
Features of the Trocano Araretama REDD Project
Real Impact Backed by Science and Transparency
One of the things that sets the Trocano Project REDD+ apart is its commitment to transparency and scientific monitoring. Using satellite data, risk-based carbon accounting and independent third-party verification, the project provides evidence of real, measurable avoided emissions that can support the issuance of eligible Natural Capital Credits by the Natural Forest Standard. This level of integrity helps build trust with buyers and stakeholders — and strengthens the reputation of the Go Balance REDD project as a credible, high-quality nature-based solution within the voluntary carbon market.
- Prevents deforestation and reduces CO₂ emissions in the Brazilian Amazon
- Supports sustainable livelihoods in rainforest communities throughout Borba
- Protects biodiversity in one of the world’s most ecologically important ecosystems
- Achieves verified environmental outcomes that support Natural Capital Credits issued by the Natural Forest Standard.
- Implements a community-led REDD+ approach through trusted, long-term partnerships