Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  374
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 006
• Secondary name
• Country
  Uganda
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  2493
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2032
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST) empowers Small Groups of subsistence farmers in India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to combat the devastating effects of deforestation, poverty and drought. As a grassroots initiative, Small Groups are provided a structural network of training and communications that allows them to build on their own internal strengths and develop best practices. Small Groups benefit from a new income source; the sale of carbon credits that result from the sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere in the biomass of the trees and soil. These credits are expected to be approved under the Voluntary Carbon Standard and/or CDM and, because they are tied to tree growth, will be sustainable. The carbon credits create a new ‘virtual’ cash crop for the participants, who gain all the direct benefits of growing trees and also receive quarterly cash stipends based on the GhG benefits created by their efforts. The maturing trees and conservation farming will provide additional sustainable benefits that far exceed the carbon payments. These include improved crop yield, improved environment, and marketable commodities such as fruits, nuts, and honey.
• Objective 1
  development, social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region : Western
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Bushenyi, Kabale, Kanungu, Mbarara, Ntungam, and Rukungiri

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2003-2032
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  2170440
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2003
• Reference period end year
  2017
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42826
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=21122&IDKEY=ulksjoiuwqowrnoiuomnckjashoufifmln902309ksdflku098s29127238
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  VCS
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  41344
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=9443&IDKEY=d8723kjnf7kjandsaslmdv09887vaksmrmnwqkjoiuanfnfuq0w13021897
• 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
  All VCS project pages: https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=824&lat=%2D0%2E909853333&lon=29%2E785005&bp=1; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=825&lat=%2D0%2E24857&lon=30%2E15755&bp=1; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=827&lat=%2D0%2E818351667&lon=29%2E705573333&bp=1; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=826&lat=%2D0%2E913226667&lon=29%2E755466667&bp=1; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=993&lat=%2D1%2E151855&lon=29%2E916975&bp=1; https://vcsprojectdatabase2.apx.com/myModule/Interactive.asp?Tab=Projects&a=2&i=995&lat=%2D1%2E054973&lon=29%2E857161&bp=1; http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/11/27/tist-uganda-ccb-002/ http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/01/09/tist-program-in-uganda-ccb-001/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Unclear
• Monetary benefit detail
  Direct cash: Second, under the terms of the Project Participant’s contracts with the TIST Small Groups, the farmers receive an annual advance on their potential carbon revenues, which eliminates the need for credit.27 These payments are paid at least annually based on the number of live trees counted each year. Employment: TIST generates employment of local Quantifiers and staff who travel to TIST tree groves and woodlots to quantify the number, location, circumference, and species of trees planted as a result of this project activity.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | fuel efficient stoves
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  No
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes