Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  472
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Tahiry Honko - Community Mangrove Carbon Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Madagascar
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  1200
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2048
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The overall aim of this project is to establish a sustainable, long-­‐term mangrove payment for ecosystem services (PES) scheme which will contribute to poverty alleviation and promote sustainable mangrove management in the Bay of Assassins.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  wetland
• Project activity
  ARR|IFM
• Project Type
  IFM
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region: Southwest
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District: Morombe

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2018-2037
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  28860
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2002
• Reference period end year
  2014
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  44005
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=094fc502-90f0-44ca-aeeb-88ca1cd0e03c
• 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.grida.no/resources/4907 https://blueventures.org/tag/tahiry-honko/ https://blueventures.org/communities-in-madagascar-launch-the-worlds-largest-mangrove-carbon-conservation-project/ https://mpanews.openchannels.org/news/mpa-news/funding-mpas-selling-blue-carbon-credits-practitioners-first-projects-describe-their https://oceanconference.un.org/getOceanUpdates.php?id=31277 https://iwlearn.net/media/videos/29465 https://nanopdf.com/download/tahiry-honko-community-mangrove-carbon-project-southwest_pdf

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  benefit directly from a revenue flow
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  ecotourism | NTFP | other
• 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?
  Yes