Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  442
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Comaco Landscape Management Project
• Secondary name
  CLMP
• Country
  Zambia
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  116629
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2032
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The COMACO Landscape Management Project (CLMP) promotes sustainable agriculture and forest conservation. The main objectives of the project are twofold: 1) to sustainably increase smallholder farmer agricultural productivity, income and welfare; and 2) to reduce uncontrolled forest loss and degradation, and increase net forest cover. Hence, the project comprises two components: 1. Sustainable Agricultural Land Management (SALM) component – which aims to promote widespread adoption of agricultural practices including conservation agriculture that increase food production per unit area and farmers’ income. The project promotes the adoption by farmers of legume-based alley cropping, residues management (e.g. mulching; cessation of residue burning), and reduced tillage among other SALM practices. 2. REDD+ (Avoided Unplanned Deforestation) component – which aims to reduce forest loss, and protect and expand areas under natural forest, and conserve biodiversity. This is achieved primarily through land use planning and creation of Community Conservation Areas (CCA), coupled with sustainable non-extractive forest use, e.g. honey and mushrooms. The project stretches across nine chiefdoms in five districts in the Eastern Province of Zambia, namely: Chikomeni, Chikuwe, Jumbe, Luembe, Magodi, Mwasemphangwe, Mwape, Nyamphande, and Zumwanda.
• Objective 1
  social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  ND
• Deforestation drivers
  charcoal production, energy wood, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  other
• Project activity
  REDD|other
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Eastern Cape
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Districs: Lundazi, Mambwe, Chipata, Petauke, Chama, Nyimba

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2032
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  2440933
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CH4 | CO2
• Reference period start year
  2002
• Reference period end year
  2013
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42975
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=42974&IDKEY=898klasmf8jflkasf8098afnasfkj98f0a9sfsakjflsakjf8d959261146
• 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
  Project PDD . Available at: https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1532

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices will increase small-holder farmer crop yield, farmer income and welfare, reduce uncontrolled forest loss and degradation, which would be supported in the short term by carbon revenues received from a significant increase in bio-carbon sequestration in agricultural areas and avoided emissions in forested areas.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | microenterprise | other
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  Yes
• Is there forest enhancement?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND