The Mai N'dombe REDD+ Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc. | #http://eraecosystems.com/# | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Private for profit |
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC | #http://www.wildlifeworks.com/redd/# | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | NGO/private non for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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ecoPartners (Ecological Carbon Offset Partners, LLC) | ND | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Private for profit |
ERA Congo SPRL | ND | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Private for profit |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID301
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameThe Mai N'dombe REDD+ Project
- Secondary nameThe Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project; Mai Ndombe REDD Project
- CountryCongo, the Democratic Republic of the
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)299640
- Start yearND
- End year2041
- Duration30
- Project descriptionThe project aims to address logging and the other leading drivers of deforestation - subsistence agricultural practices and aggressive fuelwood/charcoal use. Project activities will consist largely of participatory community-based conservation initiatives which will reduce local incentives toward unsustainable land use, with emphasis on agricultural improvements.
- Objective 1return on investment
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3social development
- Deforestation driverscharcoal production, energy wood, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
- Type of foresthumid
- Project activityREDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityNA
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Province : Maï Ndombe
- Jurisdiction level 2Territory : Inongo
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2011-2036
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits175820011
- Leakage is expected?yes
- Carbon pools includedSoil organic carbon | Other
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start year1987
- Reference period end year2011
- Carbon standard 1VCS
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date41249
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=44881&IDKEY=3903q4jsafkasjfu90amnmasdfkaidflnmdf9348r09dmfasdfa61890899
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry date43045
- Carbon standard 2CCB
- Carbon standard 2 Progressexpired
- Carbon standard 2 Publication date41249
- Carbon standard 2 Weblinkshttp://www.climate-standards.org/2012/09/03/mai-ndombe-redd-project/
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry date43045
- 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.climate-standards.org/2012/09/03/mai-ndombe-redd-project/; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=934&lat=-1.659042&lon=17.893816&bp=1; http://www.eraecosystems.com/projects/mai-ndombe-redd/; On the first carbon transaction (Feb. 2013): http://www.offsetters.ca/media-centre/investor-relations/2013/02/01/era-carbon-offsets-announces-significant-first-sale-and-delivery-of-offsets-from-mai-ndombe-redd-project-in-the-DRC; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/CCB/934
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeNon-conditional
- Monetary benefit detailEmployer pays a statutory contribution for every employee who is a member
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagriculture | agroforestry | tree planting
- Is there tenure clarification?No
- Is there environmental education?Yes
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?Yes
- Is there forest enhancement?Yes
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?Yes
- Is there other community benefits?Yes