Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  400
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Gola REDD Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Sierra Leone
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  69714
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2042
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The Gola REDD project aims to conserve the forested areas of the Gola Rainforest National Park (GRNP). The GRNP and adjacent forests are Sierra Leone’s largest remaining area of Upper Guinea Tropical Forest. Conservation actions as a direct result of the Gola REDD project will protect these species, preserve 68,515 ha of tropical forest and provide livelihood support to the 114 impoverished communities that surround the GRNP. The project will help communities to adopt more sustainable production techniques, and to develop ecotourism and other income-generating activities.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  non timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, local livelihoods, mining
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Provinces : Eastern and the Southern
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Kailahun, Kenema, and Pujehun

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2021
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  6166423
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CH4 | CO2 | N2O
• Reference period start year
  2007
• Reference period end year
  2018
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  on process
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42300
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=17458&IDKEY=f903q4jsafkasjfu90amnmasdfkaidflnmdf9348r09dmfasdff24074582
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  VCS
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  42303
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=17458&IDKEY=f903q4jsafkasjfu90amnmasdfkaidflnmdf9348r09dmfasdff24074582
• 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
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2014/01/06/gola-redd-http://www.vcsprojectdatabase.org/#/project_details/1201project/; http://www.climate-standards.org/2014/01/06/gola-redd-project/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Income from ecotourism activities: $1151 given to communities
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | ecotourism
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  No
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes