Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  324
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Trees of Hope Plan Vivo Project
• Secondary name
  Trees of Hope
• Country
  Malawi
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  488
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2057
• Duration
  50
• Project description
  The project involves the establishment and management of forestry and agro-forestry land-use systems on household or community-owned land in Neno and Dowa districts in southern and central Malawi respectively, following the Plan Vivo Standard. Through these activities, the project aims to contribute towards the effort to address the problem of climate change through carbon sequestration and improving livelihood resilience. The Trees of Hope project further aims at facilitating access to carbon finance for participating producers through marketing their carbon credits on the voluntary carbon market. The project expects to improve the livelihoods of the participating communities through other ecosystem services derived from the chosen land-use systems. The major objective of the project is to contribute towards climate change management efforts through carbon sequestration and to improve community livelihoods through access to carbon finance and other co-benefits. The project maintains its close community presence through a network of Local Program Monitors (LPMs), farmer volunteers chosen by the communities to serve as local project leaders. Currently (2011) the project engages over 1290 smallholder producers, managing an area of over 488 hectares and 5743 (100m units) of boundary planting. These areas will collectively sequester 99,228 tCO2e over the project crediting period. Goal is to build community capacity to foster eventual project management by community.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  biodiversity conservation
• Deforestation drivers
  charcoal production, energy wood, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region : Central and Southern Malawi
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Dowa and Neno

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2007-2011
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  99228
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40787
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  javascript:void(0)https://mer.markit.com/br-reg/public/project.jsp?project_id=100000000000781
• 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://cotaporg.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/_proj_pdd/TreesofHope_CDI_PDD_Aug_2011.pdf; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/trees-hope; (don't trust much of this FCP data: doesn't match PDD and other sources); http://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/clinton-development-initiative/programs/trees-hope-project; http://www.planvivo.org/projects/registeredprojects/trees-of-hope-malawi/; http://cotap.org/projects/malawi/; http://www.camcocleanenergy.com/casestudyview.obyx?cs=treesofhope.html

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Offsett revenues will go to famers/landholders (55%), program operations (40%), and local monitoring program (5%). For credits sold in 2011, farmers will be paid $5/ton, in 7 installments (20%/yr. first 3 yrs. | 10%/yr. years 4, 5, 7 and 10)
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | microenterprise | plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No