Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  366
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Community-based Forest-management Programs for REDD+ Readiness in Zambia
• Secondary name
• Country
  Zambia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  700000
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2018
• Duration
  5
• Project description
  The programme aims to strengthen the national REDD+ process through the piloting of different approaches to participatory forest management, such as Joint Forest Management (JFM) and Community Based Forest Management (CBFM), in order to demonstrate a variety of solutions that can lessen the drivers of deforestation by involving local communities. The project is expected to involve the establishment of at least 700,000 ha of Participatory Forest Management Areas (PFMA). The programme will encompass a number of key approaches to support REDD+ readiness in Zambia. For example by: i) conducting research and policy analysis to facilitate a dialogue between stakeholders that can inform the National REDD+ Strategy; ii) building capacity of civil society to engage with REDD+ and promote community rights to manage and benefit from resources; iii) building capacity of the Forestry Department to support community management of forest resources and the implementation of performance based programmes; and iv) by reducing forest carbon emissions through improved forest management and the development alternative or improved livelihoods for local communities. Furthermore, the programme aims to generate information on JFM and CBFM that can inform national policy and legal reform processes, and if appropriate, advocate and lobby for their approval/adoption into national frameworks. Implementation will take place on state forest reserves, wildlife management areas, and customary lands in collaboration with the Forestry Department, the Zambia Wildlife Authority, and traditional authorities and leaders.
• Objective 1
  participatory forest management
• Objective 2
  influence national policy
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  ND
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Muchinga Province
• Jurisdiction level 2
  ND

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  ND
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  none

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  none
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• 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://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/community-based-forest-management-programs-redd-readiness-zambia ; http://theredddesk.org/sites/default/files/notes_from_the_stakeholder_meeting_2013-03-27.pdf ; http://www.usaid.gov/zambia/environment ;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Project aims to enable financial benefits for communities that protect their forests (through carbon revenues and/or NTFP enterprise development) |
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise
• 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