Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  369
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Peri-urban bamboo planting around South African townships
• Secondary name
• Country
  South Africa
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  101
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2031
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  As part of the project bamboo plantations will be planted and managed under the Bamboo for Africa (BFA) Programme using funding specifically earmarked by sponsors for carbon offsetting. Plantations will be on community-owned, marginal lands and small holdings on the outskirts of townships across South Africa. The majority of available land has been acquired through South Africa’s land reform process but is underutilized due to lack of investment capital. As part of the project, sponsors looking to offset their carbon footprint will fund the planting of the bamboo plantations. The beneficiaries of the project will be community members from the surrounding townships who will receive training on the care and maintenance of the bamboo. Further training will be given on harvesting practices and the manufacturing of home crafts using hand tools. The BFA Programme will therefore be a Corporate Social Development, Black Economic Empowerment and small-scale Enterprise Development project.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  return on investment
• Objective 3
  non timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  ND
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  plantation
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Gauteng
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipality : West Rand

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2031
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  39568
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41291
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=33187&IDKEY=w8723kjnf7kjandsaslmdv09887vaksmrmnwqkjoiuanfnfuq0d45764873
• 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
  https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=721&lat=-26.390197&lon=27.794031&bp=1

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Project participants keep the bamboo they have grown, but do not receive PES or other revenues, other than wages for planting and bamboo stand management
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  microenterprise | processing and commercialization | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  No
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No