Carbon Tanzania / Ujamaa Community Resource Trust - Mongo Wa Mono Degradation in the Yaeda Valley, Northern Tanzania

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Carbon Tanzania#http://www.carbontanzania.com/#Tanzania, United Republic ofNGO/private non for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Hadzabe communityNDTanzania, United Republic ofND
The Nature ConservancyNDTanzania, United Republic ofNGO/private non for profit
Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT)NDTanzania, United Republic ofND

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    329
  • Project status 2022
    Ongoing
  • Project name
    Carbon Tanzania / Ujamaa Community Resource Trust - Mongo Wa Mono Degradation in the Yaeda Valley, Northern Tanzania
  • Secondary name
    Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Yaeda Valley, Northern Tanzania; REDD+ in Yaeda Valley
  • Country
    Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    20611
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2032
  • Duration
    22
  • Project description
    By working in conjunction with traditional leaders, the elected village governments and a team of community members, Carbon Tanzania (CT) and Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) aim to establish a system of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) by preventing deforestation and degradation of Acacia-Commiphora woodland. This project will strengthen land tenure, management capacity and local natural resource management, enhance and diversify local incomes, and contribute to local, national and global environmental conservation aims. Successful avoided deforestation will be achieved through a series of interventions including reinforcing the implementation of the approved village land use plan and associated village by-laws, improving forest conservation and management activities and addressing the primary driver of deforestation, externally driven slash and burn agriculture. Without strengthened local management capacity and additional financial and economic incentives, the area is likely to continue to be degraded with severe consequences to the indigenous Hadzabe’s cultural survival.
  • Objective 1
    Protection Indigenous Peoples
  • Objective 2
    climate
  • Objective 3
    biodiversity conservation
  • Deforestation drivers
    cattle grazing, slash and burn agriculture
  • Type of forest
    dry|humid
  • Project activity
    REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    NA
  • Multiple locations?
    Yes
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Region : Manyara
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    District : Mbulu

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    2021-2040
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    3447183
  • Leakage is expected?
    yes
  • Carbon pools included
    Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
  • Gasses included
    CO2
  • Reference period start year
    2007
  • Reference period end year
    2020
  • Carbon standard 1
    Plan vivo

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    certified
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    44622
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    https://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=39b5834b-cb7b-4ec3-b04c-81b97a239570
  • 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
    http://www.planvivo.org/yaeda-valley-redd-project/; http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/Yaeda-Valley-REDD-tech-spec_published.pdf; http://www.carbontanzania.com/wp/our-projects/yaeda-valley-redd-project/; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/carbon-tanzania-ujamaa-community-resource-trust-mongo-wa-mono; Old FCP website: http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/redd-yeada-valley-northern-tanzania (not working as of september, 2014); https://www.planvivo.org/project-network/redd-in-yaeda-valley-tanzania/

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    Yes
  • Monetary benefit type
    Conditional
  • Monetary benefit detail
    PES to communities from Plan Vivo sale revenues | Initially, communities will receive $3/tCO2e, with revenues eventually shared 60% to communities and 40% to project developer | $300/mo. Wages to forest guards and community coordinator ($9668 as of 3/2013)
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agriculture
  • Is there tenure clarification?
    Yes
  • Is there environmental education?
    ND
  • Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
    ND
  • Is there forest enhancement?
    ND
  • Is there community infrastracture improvement?
    ND
  • Is there other community benefits?
    ND