Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  691
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  WithOneSeed Timor Leste Community Forestry Program
• Secondary name
• Country
  Timor-Leste
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  20541
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2059
• Duration
  50
• Project description
  WithOneSeed is developing a community based reforestation project on non‐forest cropland and grasslands in Baguia, Bacau District, Timor Leste. WithOneSeed is working with subsistence farmers to integrate planting of native trees such as Eucalyptus Alba (Timor white gum),Eucalyptus Urophylla (Timor mountain gum), Casuarina Equisetifolia (she oak), as well as Swietenia Macrophylla (mahogany), and Tectona Grandis (teak) within their agricultural and production systems.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial wood exploitation, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  District: Baucau
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Sub‐district: Baguia

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2010-2050
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  427688
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2 | N2O
• Reference period start year
  2000
• Reference period end year
  2016
• 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/1805
• 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/1805 https://impact.sustain-cert.com/public_projects/1807 https://marketplace.goldstandard.org/products/withoneseed-timor-leste-community-forestry-programme https://xpand.net.au/ https://withoneseed.org.au/ http://withoneplanet.org.au/library/withoneseeds-tree-planting-program-in-timor-leste/ https://www.arup.com/projects/timor-leste-carbon-forestry-program

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
  agroforestry | 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes