Geographically Integrated REDD+ Pilot: Mambasa

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Wildlife Conservation Society#http://www.wcs.org/#Congo, the Democratic Republic of theNGO/private non for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
NDNDCongo, the Democratic Republic of theND

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    308
  • Project status 2022
    Ended
  • Project name
    Geographically Integrated REDD+ Pilot: Mambasa
  • Secondary name
    Geographically-integrated Mambasa REDD pilot project
  • Country
    Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2018
  • Size (in hectare)
    ND
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2016
  • Duration
    20
  • Project description
    Some outcomes of the project include: - Supply of seedlings, training, technical supervision for 3300 households for shade cocoa production and agroforestry; - organizational support (census, needs assessment, formation of groups, training, etc.) to local farmers, to enable them to subsequently organize into cooperatives; - Diversification and improvement of agriculture; - Training to loggers for sustainable resources management; - Rehabilitation of forest administration capacity. teledetection analysis to identify driver of deforestation and provide updated figure on deforestation rates; quantify carbon in the forest of Ituri; provide data and field experiment to inform the DRC National REDD+ Strategy.
  • Objective 1
    climate
  • Objective 2
    reduction of deforestation
  • Objective 3
    social development
  • Deforestation drivers
    energy wood, illegal logging, mining, slash and burn agriculture
  • Type of forest
    humid
  • Project activity
    ARR|REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    agroforestry, plantation
  • Multiple locations?
    No
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Provinces : Ituri and Haut-Uele
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    Territory : Mambasa

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    ND
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    ND
  • Leakage is expected?
    ND
  • Carbon pools included
    ND
  • Gasses included
    ND
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    none

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2
    none
  • Carbon standard 2 Progress
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
    ND
  • 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
    http://www.afdb.org/fr/projects-and-operations/project-portfolio/project/p-z1-c00-032/; http://www.rdc-snsf.org/static/loc/en/documents/Fiche_projet_0824_Mambasa.pdf; http://acpcongo.com/acp/?p=1343

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    ND
  • Monetary benefit type
    ND
  • Monetary benefit detail
    ND
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agriculture | agroforestry | conservation agriculture | microenterprise
  • 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?
    No
  • Is there other community benefits?
    No