SEKEM Tree Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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SEKEM for Land Reclamation (SLR) | #https://www.sekem.com/en/index/# | Egypt | Private for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
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Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID470
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameSEKEM Tree Project
- Secondary nameEl Wahat Tree Project
- CountryEgypt
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)210
- Start yearND
- End year2038
- Duration30
- Project descriptionSEKEM aim to set an example of sustainable tree planting in the desert for the benefit of the climate, to enhance food security and to provide employment. The project combines agriculture with afforestation and aims to replicate this model to arrest desertification.
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3social development
- Deforestation driversND
- Type of forestND
- Project activityARR
- Project TypeARR
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityplantation
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Governorates: Giza
- Jurisdiction level 2Municipality: El-Wahat el-Bahariya
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2016-2036
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits100000
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1Gold Standard
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/1721
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2none
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3none
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationhttps://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/1721 https://impact.sustain-cert.com/public_projects/1715 https://www.sekem.com/en/the-first-gold-standard-certified-project-in-egypt-and-the-middle-east-sekem-tree-project/ https://www.sekem.com/en/index/
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeNon-conditional
- Monetary benefit detailThe project provide income generation through employment
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typetree planting
- 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?Yes
- Is there other community benefits?Yes