Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  301
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  The Mai N'dombe REDD+ Project
• Secondary name
  The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project; Mai Ndombe REDD Project
• Country
  Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  299640
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2041
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The project aims to address logging and the other leading drivers of deforestation - subsistence agricultural practices and aggressive fuelwood/charcoal use. Project activities will consist largely of participatory community-based conservation initiatives which will reduce local incentives toward unsustainable land use, with emphasis on agricultural improvements.
• Objective 1
  return on investment
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  charcoal production, energy wood, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Maï Ndombe
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Territory : Inongo

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2036
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  175820011
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Soil organic carbon | Other
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  1987
• Reference period end year
  2011
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41249
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=44881&IDKEY=3903q4jsafkasjfu90amnmasdfkaidflnmdf9348r09dmfasdfa61890899
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  43045
• Carbon standard 2
  CCB
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41249
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/09/03/mai-ndombe-redd-project/
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  43045
• 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
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/09/03/mai-ndombe-redd-project/; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=934&lat=-1.659042&lon=17.893816&bp=1; http://www.eraecosystems.com/projects/mai-ndombe-redd/; On the first carbon transaction (Feb. 2013): http://www.offsetters.ca/media-centre/investor-relations/2013/02/01/era-carbon-offsets-announces-significant-first-sale-and-delivery-of-offsets-from-mai-ndombe-redd-project-in-the-DRC; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/CCB/934

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Employer pays a statutory contribution for every employee who is a member
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes