ROCS

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Government of Ghana#http://www.ghana.gov.gh/#GhanaPublic

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Agence Française de Développement(AFD)NDGhanaPublic
KfW Development BankNDGhanaPublic
The World BankNDGhanaInternational organization

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    321
  • Project status 2022
    TBC
  • Project name
    ROCS
  • Secondary name
    Rubber outgrowing carbon sequestration
  • Country
    Ghana
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    15000
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    2051
  • Duration
    45
  • Project description
    The objective of this A/R CDM project activity is to develop Ghana's rubber economy for rural communities and to progress toward a fully commercial scale and business model, Achievements so far include: - 4,055ha planted with 1,000 outgrowers in Ghana's Western Region, - Creation and capacity building of a farmer association, the Rubber Outgrowers and Agents Association (ROAA), - Development of an innovative credit model, - Rehabilitation/construction of rural feeder roads, - Agronomic applied research operations
  • Objective 1
    non timber production
  • Objective 2
    social development
  • Objective 3
    return on investment
  • Deforestation drivers
    ND
  • Type of forest
    humid
  • Project activity
    ARR
  • Project Type
    ARR
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    plantation
  • Multiple locations?
    Non
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Regions : Western, Central and Eastern
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    Multiple jurisdictions

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    2006-2035
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    4994248
  • Leakage is expected?
    ND
  • Carbon pools included
    ND
  • Gasses included
    ND
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    CDM

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    withdrawn
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    ND
  • 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
    PDD: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/pnm/byref/ARNM0036

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    ND
  • Monetary benefit type
    ND
  • Monetary benefit detail
    ND
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agriculture | economic interest groups | microenterprise
  • Is there tenure clarification?
    ND
  • 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