ACAP ALBANIA VJOSË-NARTË A/R PROJECT
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
National Agency of Protected Areas (NAPA) | http://akzm.gov.al/ | Albania | Public |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Carbonsink Group S.r.l. | ND | Albania | Private for profit |
CELIM Onlus – Impact to change | ND | Albania | NGO/private non for profit |
Vlora Regional Administration of Protected Areas (RAPA Vlore) | ND | Albania |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID1200
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameACAP ALBANIA VJOSË-NARTË A/R PROJECT
- Secondary name
- CountryAlbania
- Last IDRECCO update year2022
- Size (in hectare)3
- Start year2021
- End year2041
- Duration20
- Project descriptionThe Vjosë-Nartë A/R project is part of the broader Italian ACAP - Azione Comunitaria per le Aree Protette dell’Albania (Community Action for the Protected Areas of Albania) project. This initiative, funded by Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS), the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, aims at preserving some Albanian protected areas, created after Albania entered the European network of Natura 2000. In this context, the Vjosë-Nartë A/R project, wants to address the CO2 emissions reduction goal, by increasing the carbon stock in the Protected Landscape of Vjosë-Nartë through A/R activities. In order to achieve the objective, 9’302 trees have been planted, in an area characterized by native vegetation, which is nowadays sparse, due to environmental extreme events occurred in the past. After these phenomena, the natural regrowing struggled to be accomplished and hence four different indigenous species of trees were put in the ground: • Pinus halepensis: 4’604 specimens • Pinus pinea: 2’420 specimens • Populus alba: 1’143 specimens • Laurus nobilis: 1’135 specimens The project is expected to remove 722 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the Protected Landscape of Vjosë-Nartë, in a temporal horizon of 20 years. However, this project has been thought as a first small instance of future reforestation activities in nearby areas.
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3influence national policy
- Deforestation driversND
- Type of forestother-meditarrean shrubland and pineland
- Project activityIFM
- Project TypeIFM
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityecosystem restoration
- Multiple locations?no
- Jurisdiction level 1County: Vlöre
- Jurisdiction level 2Municipality of Vlöre
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2021-2041
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits2021-2041
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits592
- Leakage is expected?no
- Carbon pools includedAbove ground biomass | Below ground biomass
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1VCS
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progressin process
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=55146&IDKEY=dq934lkmsad39asjdkfj90qlkalsdkngaf98ulkandDfdvDdfh076046334
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2none
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3none
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationVCS PD (https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2547; ER info: 2. ACAP - Project Design Document_revCS-210823.pdf
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?No
- Monetary benefit typeND
- Monetary benefit detailNo specific payment to communitites. The ownership of the carbon credit generated by ACAP project belongs to the National Agency for the Protected Areas (NAPA) and the revenues from the sale of carbon credits will be used for reinvesting in the activities within ACAP framework and in monitoring the reforestation project
- Provides employment?Check
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeOther
- Is there tenure clarification?No
- Is there environmental education?Yes
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?Yes
- Is there forest enhancement?Yes
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?Yes
- Is there other community benefits?ND