Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  377
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project - Phase II The Community Ranches
• Secondary name
• Country
  Kenya
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  169741
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2039
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  This project builds on Wildlife Works' first REDD project (Phase I, Rukinga Ranch) which has been protecting forests, flora and fauna since 2006. The aim of this new, larger project is to bring the benefits of direct carbon financing to surrounding communities, while simultaneously addressing alternative livelihoods and protecting vital flora and fauna. Human-wildlife conflict has been a problem in the past, as local agents are directly reliant on the environment as a means for subsistence. The project's Phase II directly addresses such sources of conflict in a holistic, sustainable approach, and on a large scale. The project's Phase II is classified by VCS as a mega-project, as it is estimated to reduce over 1 million tonnes of CO2-e per year.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  charcoal production, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Coast
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Taita Taveta

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2010-2039
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  48448769
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  1987
• Reference period end year
  2009
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40672
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=32920&IDKEY=f98klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8df45396680
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  42487
• Carbon standard 2
  CCB
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  40660
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/03/17/the-kasigau-corridor-redd-project-phase-ii-the-community-ranches/
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  42487
• 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
  https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=612&lat=-3%2E944264&lon=38%2E773234&bp=1; http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/03/17/the-kasigau-corridor-redd-project-phase-ii-the-community-ranches/; http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/#/project_details/612

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Establishment of Trust Fund to distribute REDD revenues to communities | limited direct funding to the local Marungu Hill Conservancy Association and Kasigau Conservation Trust (KCT) | People paid for planting and protecting trees in restoration zone |
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | ecotourism | microenterprise | 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?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  No