Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  323
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Kariba REDD+ Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Zimbabwe
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  784987
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2041
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The project is community-based and consists of implementation of activities in conjunction with the local population. The project is administered by four Rural District Councils (RDCs): Binga, Nyaminyami, Hurungwe and Mbire; these RDCs have the sole right of managing the land use in the project areaand do so based on a democratically elected council. The main causes of deforestation are socio-economic (subsistence agriculture, the collection of firewood and poaching activities) and settlements. Decreasing deforestation will be achieved through a series of activities that are designed to improve significantly the livelihoods of locals, such as improved agriculture, beekeeping, fuelwood plantations and fire management. In addition, a significant share of the project’s carbon income will be invested in general activities that promote and guarantee project sustainability. The project’s Community and Project Sustainability Fund is structured to benefit whole communities, specifically including the poorest members of society. The fund will be used to improve health and education in the project area due to long term activities. In the past, the natural resources of the project areas supported significant populations of wildlife, including elephants, which, in turn, supported a variety of tourism and safari activities. However, the economic and political crises over the past decade led to a decrease in tourism. Poaching also escalated in the project area. As a result, wildlife populations have been severely reduced.
• Objective 1
  development, social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, fire, illegal logging, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Provinces : Matabeleland North, Midlands, Mashonaland West, and Mashonaland Central
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District: Binga, Kariba, Hurungwe, Mbire

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2041
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  196513929
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | other
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2000
• Reference period end year
  2011
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41505
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=13438&IDKEY=u097809fdslkjf09rndasfufd098asodfjlkduf09nm23mrn87j18531002
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  42377
• Carbon standard 2
  CCB
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  40947
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/10/17/kariba-redd-project/
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  42377
• 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.carbongreenafrica.net/; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=902&lat=-16%2E8184067184111&lon=28%2E7615526227228&bp=1 (not accessible as of September 2020); http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/10/17/kariba-redd-project/; http://www.southpolecarbon.com; http://www.southpolecarbon.com/public/projects/0990.pdf (not accessible as of September 2020); http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/kariba-redd-project; https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/902

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  More specifically, the projects agricultural and beekeeping activities aim at increasing the local income level. Direct employment, e.g. for the OGM teams, will significantly improve the livelihoods of the employees and their families.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | microenterprise
• 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?
  No
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes