Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  373
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  South Africa
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  809
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2028
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project was initiated by the eThekwini Municipality and is aimed at offsetting a portion of the Greenhouse Gas emissions generated by hosting the FIFA 2010 World Cup in Durban. As a large portion of the 809 hectare (ha) Buffelsdraai Landfill Site buffer zone is currently under sugarcane cultivation, it was decided to halt farming and rehabilitate the sugarcane lands to their original forested state. This additional management intervention would increase the biodiversity of the site and lead to a net reduction in atmospheric GHG through the sequestration of carbon in biomass and soils. Furthermore, this will contribute towards achieving the objective of establishing a “Conservancy” over the active landfill site and its surrounding buffer zone, in accordance with the approved Terms of Reference for the Buffelsdraai Landfill Site. The Municipality approached the Wildlands Conservation Trust to implement the reforestation project through the Trust’s well-established Indigenous Trees For Life Programme (ITFL) that is currently running in several parts of the province. The ITFL programme assists unemployed people known as “tree-preneurs”, to start small indigenous tree nurseries. The trees are then traded for goods at Tree Stores established by the Trust. In turn the Trust uses the trees to green neighbourhoods, or in this case, to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems. The project area of 520.6 ha is located in the buffer zone of the eThekwini Municipality owned Buffelsdraai landfill site, in which more sugarcane lands are being planted in a phased approach with 61 locally occurring indigenous tree species. The intention is to establish a functioning, diverse, indigenous woodland that would sequester atmospheric carbon over time and enhance the ecosystem functioning of the landfill site buffer zone.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching
• Type of forest
  other
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : KwaZulu-Natal
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : eThekwini

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2008-2028
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  42488.5
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41844
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/10/15/buffelsdraai-landfill-site-community-reforestation-project/
• 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.climate-standards.org/2011/10/15/buffelsdraai-landfill-site-community-reforestation-project/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  guaranteed purchase system: WCT guarantees purchase of tree seedlings developed by tree-preneurs | 199 tree-preneurs registered as of May 2010 (not technically employees though) |
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• 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?
  Yes