Uganda Nile Basin Reforestation Project No 4
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Ugandan National Forest Authority | #http://www.nfa.org.ug# | Uganda | Public |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Sumitomo Chemical | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Sumitomo Joint Electric Power Co., Ltd. | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Suntory Holdings Limited | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
TEPCO (The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.) | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
The Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc. | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Eco-Carbone S.A.S | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Government of Italy - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea | ND | Uganda | Public |
Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. | ND | Uganda | Private for profit |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID334
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameUganda Nile Basin Reforestation Project No 4
- Secondary name
- CountryUganda
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)347
- Start yearND
- End year2068
- Duration60
- Project descriptionThe small-scale CDM A/R project, implemented by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in cooperation with communities, is part of a project cluster of 5 similar projects aiming to provide a new financing mechanism to overcome the current barriers to establish timber plantations in Uganda and to allow communities to benefit from the CDM. Pinus caribaea plantations will be established in a block design in degraded grassland areas. In total the project activities cover an area of 347.1 ha within Rwoho Central Forest Reserve (NFA planting area: 324.9 ha (94 %), community planting area: 22.2 ha (6 %). The project allows the involvement of private and community-based tree planting initiatives with different investor shares. Due diligence, monitoring, validation and verification costs will be shared among the project cluster. Based on a successful implementation of the first pilot cluster it is planned to extend the portfolio across the country clustered in a number of deforested public forest reserves and target regions. Hence, a project design that can be easily replicated was developed and the concept will consider options for a programmatic approach.
- Objective 1timber production
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3biodiversity conservation
- Deforestation driverscattle grazing, fire, local livelihoods
- Type of forestdry
- Project activityARR
- Project TypeARR
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityplantation
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Region: Western
- Jurisdiction level 2District : Mbarara, Isingiro,Ntungamo
Carbon accounting
- Crediting period2008-2028
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits79395
- Leakage is expected?no
- Carbon pools includedAbove ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood
- Gasses includedCO2
- Reference period start year2008
- Reference period end year2017
- Carbon standard 1CDM
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 Progresscertified
- Carbon standard 1 Publication date40784
- Carbon standard 1 Weblinkshttps://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/O/G/K/OGK1P2B0TNHX9ZVAW3S8DFL56CU47M/Uganda%20No%204%20Validation%20Report.pdf?t=QzB8cWdxa2U1fDBt6p1YQBdxnEQYlw0Z67C1
- 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://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/JACO1309233467.05/view; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/uganda-nile-basin-reforestation-project-no-4
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeUnclear
- Monetary benefit detailDirect cash: Community groups will receive the payments for each tCO2 sequestered at a price stipulated in the Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement between the buyer and the NFA. Employment: The employment plan for the project indicates a need for approx. 500 people in the establishment phase of the project.
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeplantation forestry | tree planting
- Is there tenure clarification?No
- Is there environmental education?No
- 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