Upper Tana Nairobi Water Fund Trust
Project/Juridiction proponent
| Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
|---|
Project/Juridiction Partners
| Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Agroforestry Centre(ICRAF) | #http://www.cifor-icraf.org/# | Kenya | Research/academic institute |
| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT – WARREC Institute) | ND | Kenya | Research/academic institute |
| Ministry of Environment and Forestry | ND | Kenya | Public |
| National Museum of Kenya (NMK) | ND | Kenya | Public |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID496
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameUpper Tana Nairobi Water Fund Trust
- Secondary nameND
- CountryKenya
- Last IDRECCO update year2022
- Size (in hectare)1000000
- Start yearND
- End yearND
- DurationND
- Project descriptionDedicated carbon and GHG management activities with landowners and managers with the watershed through: agroforestry, terracing of steep farmlands, vegetation establishment on buffer zones along riverbanks, storing carbon in the soils through permanent grass strips in farmlands, mitigation of erosion from dirt roads, rain water harvesting to support tree establishment, training and capacity development for tree nursery management and diversified plant production, manure management through cow-dung powered biogas and composting, reducing enteric methane through improved livestock nutrition strategy by promotion of grass based system, use of leguminous shrub and silage making for low carbon foot print. Some additional efforts in restoration and reforestation of degraded areas around public forest edges.
- Objective 1Other- Water conservation
- Objective 2Biodiversity conservation
- Objective 3social development
- Deforestation driversND
- Type of forestND
- Project activityARR
- Project TypeARR
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityAgroforestry
- Multiple locations?Yes
- Jurisdiction level 1Provinces: Central Kenya and Rift Valley,
- Jurisdiction level 2Counties of Murang’a, Nyeri, Nyandarua and Laikipia
Carbon accounting
- Crediting periodND
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits4145820
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1Plan Vivo
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 ProgressIn process
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=c44cb873-83b2-404c-864e-7172b829e433
- 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 informationhttps://www.planvivo.org/pipeline
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeConditional
- Monetary benefit detailFarmer will be paid for changing theirannual cropland to perennial and tree crop system to agroforestry using native species,high valued perennial fruit trees and leguminous fodder shrubs, carbon storing in soils through permanent grass strips and composting. For
- Provides employment?ND
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeAgroforestry|NTFP|Tree planting|Ecotourism
- Is there tenure clarification?Yes
- Is there environmental education?Yes
- 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?ND