Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  574
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Hariyo Ban Program
• Secondary name
  Terai Arc Nepal
• Country
  Nepal
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  500000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2016
• Duration
  5
• Project description
  The Hariyo Ban Program is designed to build resilience to climate change in communities and ecosystems by restoring and conserving Nepal’s forests; The five year program works on biodiversity conservation, payments for ecosystem services (including REDD+) and climate change adaptation. To achieve this aim, the project will: - Initiate capacity building on GHG emission monitoring; - Conduct feasibility assessments on PES and promising mechanisms, to be tested and replicated. - Support the development of a new biogas Verified Emission Reduction (VER) project in TAL using Gold Standard methodology to generate payments from carbon credits. - Identify and tackle drivers of deforestation, to restore biodiversity corridors in two key regions: Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) and Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape (CHAL).
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  fire, infrastructure, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  ARR|jurisdictional/landscape
• Project Type
  Jurisdictional/landscape
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Provinces : Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Bagmati Pradesh, Gandaki Pradesh
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Kanchanpur, Banke, Kailali, Bardiya, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Mustang, Chitwan, Kaski, Tanahu, Manang, Lamjung, and Gorkha

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2016
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  500000
• 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
  https://www.wwfnepal.org/together_possible/flagship_projects/hariyo_ban_program/ http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/hariyo-ban-program-nepal (not accessible in 2022) http://theredddesk.org/countries/agreements/financing-agreement-rd3561 (not accessible in 2022) http://www.usaid.gov/nepal/fact-sheets/hariyo-ban-project (not accessible in 2023) http://www.wwfnepal.org/hariyobanprogram/hariyo_ban_program_newsletters/?212914/Hariyo-Ban-Program-E-newsletter-Issue-9-November-2013 (not accessible in 2023); http://www.forestrynepal.org/project/4020

Community level intervention

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