Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  470
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  SEKEM Tree Project
• Secondary name
  El Wahat Tree Project
• Country
  Egypt
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  210
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2038
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  SEKEM 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 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  ND
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Governorates: Giza
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality: El-Wahat el-Bahariya

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2016-2036
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  100000
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Gold Standard

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/1721
• 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
  https://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 type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The project provide income generation through employment
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  tree 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