Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  510
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Hiniduma Biolink Project
• Secondary name
  Reforesting traditional home gardens using the analog forestry concept in wet zones of Sri Lanka.
• Country
  Sri Lanka
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  2000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The project aims to establish a biodiversity corridor between the two large remnant disturbed rainforest patches in Sri Lanka and to conserve buffer zones around the forest edges. The project consists of three phases. The first two phases of the project, developed in the Plan Vivo PDD, will support the principle of "Analog Forestry" through home garden reforestation and agro forestry using a farmer-based participatory approach. This part of the project is focused on 11ha. Phase III of the project started in 2013 with 17 farmers managing 8ha of land. The project adopts a Payments for Ecosystem Services model: participating farmers will receive staged payments in return for successful management plans developed with the support of the project.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  non timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  ND
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Southern Sri Lanka
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Galle

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2012
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  1759
• 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
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  Plan vivo
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41115
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://mer.markit.com/br-reg/public/project.jsp?project_id=100000000001114
• 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.planvivo.org/projects/registeredprojects/hiniduma-biolink-project-sri-lanka/; http://www.planvivo.org/project-network/hiniduma-bio-link-project-sri-lanka/; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/hiniduma-bio-link-project; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/hiniduma-biodiversity-corridor;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Initial payment to farmer joining the project + Staged payments through PES scheme, based on successful implementation of the forest management models.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | plantation forestry | 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?
  No