Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  335
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Uganda Nile Basin Reforestation Project No 5
• Secondary name
• Country
  Uganda
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  488
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2066
• 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. Pinus caribaea plantations will be established in a block design in degraded grassland areas. In total the project activities cover an area of 487.6 ha within Rwoho Central Forest Reserve (NFA planting area: 413 ha (85 %), community planting area: 74.6 ha (15 %). 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
  2006-2026
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  119807
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• 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
  40714
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/9/M/I/9MIKJF8S2W3AP0RUTLBXEDVG4YC7QZ/Validation%20Report%20No.5?t=aEF8cWdxa2gwfDAh45ILKAvqxyn9v6cDNQ1t
• 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/JACO1297129985.73/view; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/uganda-nile-basin-reforestation-project-no-5

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Unclear
• 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