Carbon Balanced Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
| Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Land Trust | #http://www.worldlandtrust.org/# | Ecuador | NGO/private non for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
| Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Culture International-Ecuador | ND | Ecuador | ND |
| UK paper merchants Howard Smith Paper | ND | Ecuador | Research/academic institute |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID139
- Project status 2022TBC
- Project nameCarbon Balanced Project
- Secondary name
- CountryEcuador
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)1500
- Start year2005
- End year2035
- Duration30
- Project descriptionFully integrated small-scale REDD+ program oriented specifically toward voluntary-market CSR demand from SMEs and private individuals. Current project delivery focusses on Ecuador and consists of concrete actions to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and toward carbon stock enhancement, occurring at a series of discrete project sites. This is within a wider strategy designed to preserve and enhance key sites of high biodiversity value, create buffer zones around existing protected areas and reconnect fragmented habitat.
- Objective 1climate
- Objective 2social development
- Objective 3ND
- Deforestation driversillegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, mining, slash and burn agriculture
- Type of forestdry|humid
- Project activityARR|REDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityND
- Multiple locations?Yes
- Jurisdiction level 1Provinces : Yanacocha, Pinchincha, Esmeraldas, Zamora-Chinchipe, and Loja
- Jurisdiction level 2Canton : Piñas, Quito, Quinindé, Palanda, and Macara
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2005-2035
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits160000
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1internal
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2none
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3none
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationhttp://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/carbon-balanced-project; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/carbon-balanced-programme (Authorization is needed to access the website as of September 2020)
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?ND
- Monetary benefit typeND
- Monetary benefit detailND
- Provides employment?ND
- Are there non-cash benefits?ND
- Economic activities - typeND
- 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