Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  396
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ Project
• Secondary name
  Bale Mountains REDD+ project
• Country
  Ethiopia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  333924
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The BMERP will work to improve government and community partnerships on one hand and facilitate the development of community based local institution on the other to result in an improve forest ecosystem and landscape management in the Bale eco-region (BER). About 62 local PFM (Participatory Forest Management) cooperatives will be established. Activities of the project include: - Agricultural intensification and provision of economic alternatives to ensure the well-being of local communities; - provision of alternative fuel wood and construction poles supply from newly established plantations on non-forest lands; - Forest Protection and Environmental Measures; - strengthening enforcement of existing policies and law - Strengthening the young and weak local institutions and structures for managing forest lands.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  return on investment
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, energy wood, fire, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  other
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Regional state : Oromia
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Zone : Degehabur

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2031
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  25776421.4
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2000
• Reference period end year
  2031
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42906
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=21676&IDKEY=m8723kjnf7kjandsaslmdv09887vaksmrmnwqkjoiuanfnfuq0l29891204
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  VCS
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  42906
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1340
• 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/2014/05/27/bale-mountains-eco-region-redd-project/; http://www.climate-standards.org/2014/05/27/bale-mountains-eco-region-redd-project/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payment from OFWE as an initial investment + payment from carbon revenues
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• 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?
  Yes