Milestones
- Siporae Protected Area: 2020
- Sirebe credits verified: 2026
Siporae Tribe are protecting their forest from damaging commercial logging, while creating community development opportunities with the Siporae Forest Carbon Project.
The project is committed to long-term forest protection that conserves pristine rainforest and biodiversity, and provides a range of other ecosystem services—clean water, forest food and traditional medicines. As Indigenous stewards of the land, Siporae receives income from their carbon sales, which is invested in the wellbeing of the whole community.
The Siporae Forest Carbon project brings a wide range of benefits for customary landowners. Rivers and marine reefs remain clean, land rights are upheld, sustainable alternative income opportunities are created and women’s saving clubs are supported. The forest is also central to Siporae’s cultural identity and the project helps preserve both the forest and this cultural connection for future generations.
Siporae belongs to the Babatana language group in South Choiseul and is part of the locally led Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project.
666 hectaresof rainforest legally protected
48,236 tonnesCO2 verified emissions reductions since the project commenced
900 community membersare protecting forests and supporting people
"My tribe is protecting some of the untouched forests in Choiseul. And by doing that, we contribute to the Kolombangara Corridor, one of the largest [protected areas or intact old growth forests] in the Pacific—that really motivates us. We are grateful also to be contributing to global climate resilience."
