The ARC REDD+ Project - Project has a primary focus of preserving rain forest in the Amazon in regions that have already been highly deforested and converted to agriculture and cattle ranching. By repairing degraded forest through protection and the avoiding further actors who are seeking to degrade, the forest is supporting and protecting more flora and fauna. The project preserves 53,528 hectares of the native forest. The monitoring of the implementation and execution of the FSC-certified forest management activities is done according to ARC’s procedures throughout all its phases and in all the aspects – operational, environmental and social – and have met FSC principles and criteria. The project goal it to prove out the economic feasibility of preserving the forest in regions that are already heavily degraded, and where it is still considered socially acceptable to convert forest to agriculture. Prior to the current owner the land was a degraded forest, with no cutting plan, the forest area still has a high threat situation, and it is common for illegal loggers to be operating in and around the project area.