Nyankamba Community Resource Management Area REDD Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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The Nature Conservation Research Centre | #http://www.ncrc-ghana.org/# | Ghana | NGO/private non for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Oxford University | ND | Ghana | Public |
Forest Trends | ND | Ghana | NGO/private non for profit |
Katoomba West Africa Incubator | ND | Ghana | ND |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID359
- Project status 2022TBC
- Project nameNyankamba Community Resource Management Area REDD Project
- Secondary nameThe Nyankamba REDD Project
- CountryGhana
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)240000
- Start yearND
- End yearND
- Duration20
- Project descriptionThe project uses a Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) structure under the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission to devolve authority for land management to communities. Carbon finance would be be combined with NTFP and other revenues to finance improved protection, fire control, conservation incentives, and investments in food security and income generation. Project aims to conserve wildlife and to promote sustainable alternative land uses for the local communities, such as sustainable farming and charcoal production, forest management, sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as shea nuts, and ecotourism. REDD funding would pay for conservation activities including environmental education, social and health programs, etc. This site has been included as a priority site in Ghana’s REDD Readiness Preparation Proposal (RPP), creating conditions for potential finance as well as potential to shape REDD policy in Ghana.The project lands will be restored to semi-natural forest creating wildlife corridors linking Mole and Bui National Parks. This area will be managed primarily for wildlife, carbon values and sustainable NTFPs harvesting.
- Objective 1participatory forest management
- Objective 2biodiversity conservation
- Objective 3social development
- Deforestation driverscattle grazing, charcoal production, energy wood, fire, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
- Type of forestND
- Project activityARR|REDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityagroforestry
- Multiple locations?No
- Jurisdiction level 1Region : Savannah
- Jurisdiction level 2District : East Gonja Municipal Assembly
Carbon accounting
- Crediting periodND
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon credits3800000
- 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/nyankamba-community-resource-management-area-redd-project ; (link not working on 1/3/14) http://www.katoombagroup.org/incubator/project.php?id=220 ; https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheredddesk.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fpin_nyankamba_ghana_crema_20100129_jm_0.doc&ei=lyfHUveKLOrisATq_oLwDA&usg=AFQjCNFQGxeP41X8LuGHDqrRaBYtiSn4fw&sig2=btq4jg5WwNzLhqngMsbGLw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.cWc (athorization is needed to access the website as of August 2020) ;
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Check
- Monetary benefit typeUnclear
- Monetary benefit detailPortion of economic benefits generated by project will go to community trust fund for purpose of community development activities |
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeagroforestry | ecotourism | microenterprise | processing and commercialization
- 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?Yes