Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  346
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Sodo Community Managed Reforestation (Forest Regeneration) Project
• Secondary name
  Sodo Ethiopia
• Country
  Ethiopia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  503
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2041
• Duration
  35
• Project description
  The Sodo Community Managed Reforestation Project is a joint initiative of the Sodo community and World Vision Ethiopia to restore and protect the montane high forest on the slopes of Mt. Damota, in the highlands of Southern Ethiopia. The aims of the project include maintaining and increasing native flora and fauna diversity; improving soil conditions (to reduce the risk of floods and erosion and improve agricultural yields and livelihoods); fostering carbon sequestration through environmental rehabilitation; and supporting the long-term regeneration of the ecosystem in the 503-hectare project zone. The project has achieved pre-validation under the CarbonFix Standard, as well as validation against the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards, and proposes a certification period of 35 years, resulting in the sequestration of an estimated 189,026 metric tons of CO2 equivalent. The forest area is owned by five Sodo communities in the vicinity of the project zone that have secured land-right certificates from the Ethiopian government. In addition, the government has endorsed their ownership of carbon rights, allowing revenues derived from carbon offsets to be owned by the communities. Co-operatives have been established to manage the project area. The project seeks to establish biodiverse native forest and support income and employment generation activities through the sale of carbon off-sets in the Sodo area.
• Objective 1
  development, social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, energy wood, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry, ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Regional state : Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Zone : Wolayita

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2006-2042
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  189027
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• 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
  41487
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/10/25/sodo-community-managed-reforestation-forest-regeneration-project/
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  Gold Standard
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41402
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/511
• 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://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/sodo-ethiopia ; http://www.climate-standards.org/2011/10/25/sodo-community-managed-reforestation-forest-regeneration-project/ ; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/sodo-community-managed-reforestation-forest-regeneration-project ; http://www.carbonfix.info/SDO/ ;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Distribution of funds to cooperatives will be based on the percentage of land holding and share of management responsibilities.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes