Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  142
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Orellana Community REDD+ project
• Secondary name
  Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD) with Kichwa communities in the province of Orellana in the Amazon region of Ecuador ; REDD Project in Orellana Province - FACE Afforestation Program (Ecuador)
• Country
  Ecuador
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  30000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  ND
• Duration
  ND
• Project description
  The Ecuadorean Amazon Region is suffering from widespread deforestation. In this community REDD+ project, deforestation is planned to be reduced in close cooperation with the local communities. The 30,000 hectares of forest in the project area belong to three Kichwas (or Quechuas) communities. Each community has divided their land into small farms, managed by the family that inhabits them. Every farm consists of a patch of agricultural land and a patch of primary forest. This primary forest is degrading as a result of selective harvesting of trees in the region. This project aims to avoid deforestation and enhance carbon stocks through the implementation of improved agricultural and agro forestry techniques as well promoting sustainable forest management. The resulting avoided deforestation will translate into carbon revenues, which, in turn, will provide an alternative source of income for the Kichwas communities.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  IFM|REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Orellana
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Canton : Orellana

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  800000
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  none

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  ND
• 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
  http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/orellana-community-redd-project-0 (redirects to a different Orellana project in the USA); http://www.profafor.com/portal/index.php/en/noticias/redd-orellana (not accessible as of August 2020); http://www.face-thefuture.com/en/projects/ecuadororellana (not accessible as of August 2020); http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/redd-project-orellana-province-face-afforestation-program-ecuador (not accessible as of August 2020); http://www.coolearth.org/296/coolearth-31/supporters-151/fauna-and-flora-international-314.html (not accessible as of sept. 2014)

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payments to communities will be conditional, and dependent on the sale of carbon credits.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | microenterprise
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• Is there environmental education?
  ND
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND