Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  121
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  CommuniTree Carbon Program
• Secondary name
  N/A
• Country
  Nicaragua
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  2600
• Start year
  2007
• End year
  2057
• Duration
  50
• Project description
  CommuniTree uses reforestation as a tool to mitigate climate change and poverty. It creates financial incentives for farmers to establish new agroforestry systems on their own land, provides enhanced technical services to increase farmers’ yields and connects them to buyers for their fully traceable reforestation products. When farmers earn an income from growing trees, poverty and climate change are addressed simultaneously.
• Objective 1
  climate, development
• Objective 2
  return on investment
• Objective 3
  non timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department : Estelí, Madriz, and Nueva Segovia
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : San Juan de Limay, Somoto, San Juan de Rio Coco, Palacaguina

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2010-2060
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  301887
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40606
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=44ae047a-1ce2-4d51-a2f0-cd003dc04130
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  Rainforest Alliance certification
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  can't confirm
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  42677
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=4655e9d2-a60f-49fc-94fc-b8520ced1b38
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  none
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  https://www.forest-trends.org/project-list/ https://takingroot.org/project/communitree/ https://www.planvivo.org/communitree https://mer.markit.com/br-reg/public/project.jsp?project_id=100000000000609 http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/TR_PDD_V2011-09-291.pdf (not accessible as of September 2020); http://www.climateprojects.info/NI-TR1/ (not accessible as of September 2020);

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payments for ecosystem services (PES):60% of the funds directly go to producers who generated carbon by planting trees, ten-year contracts, annual verification
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | processing and commercialization
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• Is there environmental education?
  ND
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  ND
• Is there forest enhancement?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes