Sankuru

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Bonobo Conservation Initiative#http://www.bonobo.org/#Congo, the Democratic Republic of theNGO/private non for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
DRC conservation NGO ACOPRIKNDCongo, the Democratic Republic of theND
DRC's parks authorityNDCongo, the Democratic Republic of theND
ICCN (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature)NDCongo, the Democratic Republic of thePublic

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    310
  • Project status 2022
    Ended
  • Project name
    Sankuru
  • Secondary name
    Sankuru Community "Fair Trade" Carbon Initiative
  • Country
    Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    700000
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2012
  • Duration
    2
  • Project description
    Objective: To make operational a 700,000 ha pilot zone within the larger Sankuru Natural Reserve by strengthening community technical and institutional capacities. The project will support local stakeholders to develop a practical framework for participatory reserve management; build local natural resource management capacity to collect baseline data, conduct ecological monitoring, zoning, and enforcement, and plan sustainable development, poverty alleviation, and alternative livelihood programs to address poverty in the region. The expected results are: 1. To increase the protection of biodiversity 2. To prevent deforestation in the RNSA through a management system including a forest resource inventory, land-use planning and tools and techniques to control forest clearance through the reserve. 3. To develop a conservation finance strategy that will enable the reserve to qualify for carbon benefits and associated biodiversity and antipoverty credits central to the ‘fair trade’ project approach. 4. To improve the quality of life for residents in the RNSA 5. To foster a new model of partnership and institutional synergy through community management of the reserve.
  • Objective 1
    biodiversity conservation
  • Objective 2
    social development
  • Objective 3
    ND
  • Deforestation drivers
    illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, mining
  • Type of forest
    humid
  • Project activity
    REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    NA
  • Multiple locations?
    No
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Province : Sankuru
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    Territory : Lomela and Katako-Kombe

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    ND
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    ND
  • Leakage is expected?
    ND
  • Carbon pools included
    ND
  • Gasses included
    ND
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    none

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
    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
    BCI's project page: http://www.bonobo.org/programs/preserving-rainforest/sankuru-nature-reserve/ CBFF Project description: http://cbf-fund.org/sites/default/files/The-Sankuru-Community-Fair%20Trade-Carbon-Initiative-Innovative-Management-of.pdf ADBF: http://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/project-portfolio/project/p-z1-c00-021/

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    ND
  • Monetary benefit type
    ND
  • Monetary benefit detail
    ND
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agriculture | conservation agriculture | microenterprise
  • 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?
    ND
  • Is there other community benefits?
    Yes