Conserving the Cross River Gorilla Landscape: Piloting a landscape-scale approach to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Takamanda National Park
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Wildlife Conservation Society | #http://www.wcs.org/# | Cameroon | NGO/private non for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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GTZ | ND | Cameroon | Public |
KfW Development Bank | ND | Cameroon | Public |
MINFOF (Cameroon Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife) | ND | Cameroon | Public |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID349
- Project status 2022TBC
- Project nameConserving the Cross River Gorilla Landscape: Piloting a landscape-scale approach to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Takamanda National Park
- Secondary name
- CountryCameroon
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)ND
- Start yearND
- End year2012
- Duration1
- Project descriptionThis project aims to protect both highland and lowland corridors in the Cross River Gorilla landscape in order to effectively manage unprotected forests, and the ecosystem services they provide, thus securing local livelihoods and preserving important carbon sinks. Other project objectives include: strengthen management of existing protected areas; conducting feasibility study, estimating potential emission reductions; reducing deforestation. The projects are targeting the parks as well as the surrounding “supporting” areas, aiming to increase the size of the buffer zone around the parks, which will become the “core zone”. Local communities are expected to benefit from “cash payments” or other “transfers”. The aim is to sell the carbon on the market. Some disputes between conservationists (project implementers) and local communities have been reported.
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2social development
- Objective 3climate
- Deforestation driversfire, infrastructure, slash and burn agriculture
- Type of forestND
- Project activityARR|IFM|REDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityND
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Province : Southwest
- Jurisdiction level 2Department : Manyu
Carbon accounting
- Crediting periodND
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon creditsND
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1none
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 WeblinksND
- 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://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/conserving-cross-river-gorilla-landscape-piloting-landscape-scale-approach ; http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2011/02/redd-cameroon-report-final-online.pdf ; http://www.edutexts.org/docs/23871/index-8376.html?page=5#506186 (not accessible as of august, 2014); http://www.protectedplanet.net/sites/Takamanda_National_Park ;
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeConditional
- Monetary benefit detailLocal communities will be the main beneficiaries of funds generated through payments for performance
- Provides employment?ND
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagroforestry | ecotourism
- Is there tenure clarification?ND
- Is there environmental education?ND
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?ND
- Is there forest enhancement?ND
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?ND
- Is there other community benefits?ND