Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  499
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  OKA 2 PROJECT
• Secondary name
• Country
  Congo
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  5000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2053
• Duration
  33
• Project description
  This savannah Land Afforestation Project on the Batéké Plateau north of Brazzaville aims to develop an alternative and renewable source of charcoal for urban use, based on the establishment of Acacia auriculiformis agroforestry plantations. Furthermore, Acacia rows will be intercropped with lines of food crops (Cassava in particular), forming agroforestry plantations.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  slash and burn agriculture | energy wood |charcoal production | fire | population increase |Other-Hunting
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration | Plantation
• Multiple locations?
  no
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province: Brazzaville
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Arrondissement of Moungali

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2020-2053
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  659195
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2000
• Reference period end year
  2005
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  in process
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=64694&IDKEY=k097809fdslkjf09rndasfufd098asodfjlkduf09nm23mrn87089213026
• 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
  VCS PD (https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=64694&IDKEY=k097809fdslkjf09rndasfufd098asodfjlkduf09nm23mrn87089213026)

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  by creating jobs, the Project will help combat rural exodus and bring about a significant, lasting and much-anticipated change for local people. The salaries paid to all of these employees, which will come in addition to the revenues from the sale of Cassava, will be a very effective means of poverty reduction for all the beneficiary communities and will act as a driving force for local development.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• 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?
  Yes