TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 005

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Clean Air Action Corporationwww.tist.org#http://www.tist.org#UgandaPrivate for profit
ONF International#http://www.onfinternational.org/#UgandaPrivate for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Berkeley Reafforestation TrustNDUgandaNGO/private non for profit
Institute for Environmental Innovation (I4EI)NDUgandaNGO/private non for profit

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    431
  • Project status 2022
    Ongoing
  • Project name
    TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 005
  • Secondary name
    The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program, Uganda, VCS-005
  • Country
    Uganda
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    723
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2032
  • Duration
    30
  • Project description
    TIST program is working to break their local cycle of deforestation, drought and famine. The trees planted in tens of thousands of discrete groves and land parcels are already beginning to reduce erosion, stabilize and enrich the soil, and will soon be providing shade.
  • Objective 1
    biodiversity conservation
  • Objective 2
    climate
  • Objective 3
    social development
  • Deforestation drivers
    industrial wood exploitation, Natural Disaster
  • Type of forest
    other
  • Project activity
    ARR
  • Project Type
    ARR
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    agroforestry, plantation
  • Multiple locations?
    Yes
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Region : Western
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    District : Bushenyi, Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro, Mbarara, Ntungamo, and Rukungiri

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    2003-2032
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    580246
  • Leakage is expected?
    yes
  • Carbon pools included
    Other
  • Gasses included
    CO2
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    VCS

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    certified
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    41340
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=9428&IDKEY=d903q4jsafkasjfu90amnmasdfkaidflnmdf9348r09dmfasdfn13001212
  • Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2
    CCB
  • Carbon standard 2 Progress
    in process
  • Carbon standard 2 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
    https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/CCB/993
  • 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://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/993 https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/CCB/993

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    Yes
  • Monetary benefit type
    Conditional
  • Monetary benefit detail
    The farmers receive an annual advance on their potential carbon revenues, payments are paid annually based on the number of live trees counted each year at a payment of $0.02 per tree per year
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agroforestry | fuel efficient stoves | micro-credits | tree planting
  • Is there tenure clarification?
    No
  • Is there environmental education?
    Yes
  • Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
    No
  • Is there forest enhancement?
    Yes
  • Is there community infrastracture improvement?
    No
  • Is there other community benefits?
    Yes