Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  348
• Project status 2022
  Legacy information for jurisdictional program - no longer updated
• Project name
  Dja Biosphere Regional REDD+ Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Cameroon
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  1228500
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2061
• Duration
  50
• Project description
  The Dja Biosphere Regional REDD+ Project is a 1.2 million hectare avoided deforestation, agroforestry and reforestation project in and around the 620,000 hectare Dja Biosphere Reserve. The Dja is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is one of the last areas of forest in west-Central Africa that remains relatively untouched by man. However, its unique biodiversity and ecosystems are threatened by deforestation and poaching. Such activities not only threaten the wildlife within the reserve, but also threaten the traditional way of life of itinerant Baka communities that have lived within these forest for thousands of years. The project will work with local communities to strengthen the protection of the reserve from outsiders; develop sustainable agroforestry practices and alternatives to deforestation and poaching; and reforest at least 5000 hectares of deforested land in the buffer zone. The project is an integrated land management strategy incorporating REDD+, reforestation (A/R) on degraded land, and agroforestry. The project will primarily conserve undisturbed primary tropical forest, but will also involve the reforestation of about 5000 hectares of deforested land with native species (and potentially a small proportion of exotic species). The DBR project aims to reduce deforestation and degradation and encourage an increase in carbon stocks within the 624,000 hectares of reserve, as well as reduce deforestation/degradation and reforest areas of a 15 km buffer zone surrounding the park equating to 604,500 hectares. In total the Dja Biosphere Regional REDD+ project will conserve and/or rehabilitate 1,228,500 hectares of forest in the Congo Basin. In addition, the project incorporates a comprehensive integrated land management strategy benefiting the Baka (traditional forest dwellers) and Bantu communities living in the region, as well as a research facility twinned with an educational eco-tourism lodge. Ultimately GGC (project developer) hopes to provide a sustainable model to nest within Cameroon’s national REDD+ scheme.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  influence national policy
• Objective 3
  non timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, infrastructure, mining, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR|jurisdictional/landscape|REDD
• Project Type
  Jurisdictional/landscape
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Provinces : South and East
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Departments : Dja-et-Lobo, Ocean, Vallée du Ntem, Nyong et So’o, Nyong et Mfoumou, Mvila and Haut Nyong

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2061
• 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
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  attempted
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  CCB
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  attempted
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  FSC
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  not certified
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/dja-biosphere-regional-redd-project ; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/dja-biosphere-regional-redd-project ; http://www.globalgreencarbon.com/projects/cameroon-dja-biosphere-regional-redd ; http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/28/ventura-company-looks-to-be-player-in-carbon/ ;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  We estimate that the combined facilities will employ a staff of approximately 100.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | ecotourism
• 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?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND