Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  333
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Uganda Nile Basin Reforestation Project No 3
• Secondary name
• Country
  Uganda
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  342
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2067
• Duration
  60
• Project description
  The small-scale CDM A/R project, implemented by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in cooperation with communities, is part of a project cluster of 5 similar projects aiming to provide a new financing mechanism to overcome the current barriers to establish timber plantations in Uganda and to allow communities to benefit from the CDM. Pine and mixed native tree species plantations will be established in a block design in degraded grassland areas. In total the project activities cover an area of 342 ha within Rwoho Central Forest Reserve (NFA planting area: 319.2 (93 %), community planting area: 22.7 ha (7 %). The project allows the involvement of private and community-based tree planting initiatives with different investor shares. Due diligence, monitoring, validation and verification costs will be shared among the project cluster. Based on a successful implementation of the first pilot cluster it is planned to extend the portfolio across the country clustered in a number of deforested public forest reserves and target regions. Hence, a project design that can be easily replicated was developed and the concept will consider options for a programmatic approach.
• Objective 1
  timber production
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  biodiversity conservation
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, fire, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region: Western
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Mbarara, Isingiro,Ntungamo

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2007-2027
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  111798
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CDM

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40046
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/U/G/D/UGD1OS64X9NHVFPKRT805IQ2WZJ3LA/Validation%20Report%20Ver06%20clean.pdf?t=MWJ8cWdxa2FifDBQnYRelYG9IHBLGRVxxR1p
• 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://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/JACO1200649370.95/view; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/uganda-nile-basin-reforestation-project-no3

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Direct cash: Community groups will receive the payments for each tCO2 sequestered at a price stipulated in the Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement between the buyer and the NFA. Employment: The employment plan for the project indicates a need for approx. 500 people in the establishment phase of the project.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  No
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No