Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  362
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Advancing REDD in the Kolo Hills Forests (ARKFor)
• Secondary name
  The Kondoa Irangi project
• Country
  Tanzania, United Republic of
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  56291
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2040
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The Kolo Hills REDD+ project aims to lessen the impacts of climate change by reducing emissions from land-use change, strengthening farmers’ resilience to climate change, and securing local water sources. The project aims to: 1) Build village-level, local government and civil society organisational capacity towards understanding REDD mechanisms in view of participating in future forest carbon trading and develop relevant indicators to monitor forest and carbon health; 2) Work to halt and reduce deforestation and forest degradation and address the fundamental drivers of deforestation through sustainable joint forestry management (JFM), Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) and land use planning (LUP) and the development of alternative energy sources; 3) Develop conservation-friendly micro-enterprises and sell community carbon certificates consistent with JFM and CBFM plans, to provide direct livelihood benefits and offset the costs of conservation, including through agro-forestry and sustainable agriculture activities; 4) Promote effective REDD policies and practices through shared learning and networking between project and national stakeholders, enabling REDD to contribute to climate change mitigation and offsetting the costs of forest conservation; The drivers of deforestation and forest degradation are (charcoal 36%; timber 32%; building poles 26%; and firewood 6%). Shifting cultivation and agricultural expansion drives most of the harvesting.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  influence national policy
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, charcoal production, energy wood, fire, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region : Dodoma
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Kondoa

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2010-2040
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  2600000
• 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://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/advancing-redd-kolo-hills-forests-arkfor-central-tanzania ; http://www.awf.org/projects/kolo-hills-redd ; http://www.taccire.suanet.ac.tz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/68/Advancing%20REDD%20in%20the%20Kolo%20Hills%20Forests.pdf?sequence=1 ; http://www.awf.org/old_files/documents/climatechange/Kolo_Hills_Brochure_web.pdf ;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Anticipated payments to communities from sale of VERs
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | microenterprise
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• 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