Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  340
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Kachung Forest Project: Afforestation on Degraded Lands
• Secondary name
• Country
  Uganda
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  2099
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2066
• Duration
  60
• Project description
  The project activity will establish and manage exotic and indigenous afforestation on approximately 2,099 ha of degraded grass and shrubland in the Kachung Central Forest Reserve. Green Resources AS (GRAS) is the leading plantation, carbon offset and renewable energy company in Eastern Africa. GRAS (project developer) is conducting afforestation and reforestation activities in a number of locations in Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique, with the purpose of deriving revenue streams from the sale of carbon offsets and timber, whilst simultaneously bringing community and environmental benefits. The Kachung Forest Project is the second large scale A/R project in Africa to issue tCERs. The project was registered with the CDM in April 2011 and has now issued 30,492 CERs. Furthermore the project is FSC certified and CCBA validated. The carbon credits have been sold to the Swedish Energy Agency.
• Objective 1
  timber production
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  return on investment
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, charcoal production, energy wood, fire, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region: Northern
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Dokolo

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2006-2026
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  547373
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  40741
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2010/04/07/kachung-forest-project-afforestation-on-degraded-lands/
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  CDM
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  40637
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/B/N/Q/BNQ7H8RI9610WDALYKF24ZSMEUO3JT/Validation%20Report.pdf?t=S1R8cWdxbnltfDBxlPeDjO253qhQPzzcITDS
• 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://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/TUEV-SUED1301918616.32/view; http://www.climate-standards.org/2010/04/07/kachung-forest-project-afforestation-on-degraded-lands/; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/kachung-forest-project-afforestation-degraded-lands

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  10% of the carbon revenues generated by the project are dedicated to community development initiatives in the villages surrounding the project
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | fuel efficient stoves | microenterprise | plantation forestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• 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