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Description

TerraClear is a project created by Gold Standard for the opportunity to offset in an effective way
emission globally.

Globally many regions do not face the needed sanitary conditions for a healthy and dignified life. In
Laos, the 80% of the households must boil the water in order to make it safe for consumption.
However, the boiling process is not enough for disease prevention.

The project TerraClear permits the access to of clean water to rural communities. The ceramic filters
manufactures and created by TerraClear send of illness without the need for boiling water and
eliminates the need for recollection of wood or usage of fossil fuels, contribution for the protection of
the forests from deforestation and reducing the dangerous levels of smoke.

TerraClear distributes 33,000 ceramic filters reaching 180,000 people in over 500 villages in Laos.

Major achievements

- 15,000 tonnes of CO2e saved annually by the project.
- 20-30 litres of clean water - the average daily household consumption fully met by each filter.
- 32,000 households benefiting from filter use.

In addition, TerraClear’s positive impact contributes to the achievement of the following SDGs:

Source: (Gold Standard, 2020)

Through TerraClear is possible to purchase the carbon credits Gold Standard offer and for every 1,000
carbon credits purchased (Data 2016):
- $15,800 value of avoided forest degradation.
- 12 hectares of avoided forest degradation.
- 25 cases of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection (ALRI) treatment avoided.

Note: TerraClear Video