Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  489
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED FOREST RESERVE AREAS IN GHANA
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Ghana
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  5,768 
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2045
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  Miro Forestry has over 10,000 hectares of standing plantations, expanding this plantation area at a rate of 3,000 hectares per year and producing sustainable timber products including plywood, rotary veneer, poles, sawn timber, and wood biomass. The plantations are Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) certified meaning the voluntary compliance with the international gold standard of responsible forest management. The plantation in Ghana is around 7° north of the equator and has a tropical climate with average monthly temperatures ranging between 24°C and 28°C and annual rainfall between 1,300 - 1,650mm. The rains predominantly fall in May, June, July, and September with the driest hottest months being December through to March. The land on which the company is establishing plantation forests was severely degraded during the 1980s and 1990s by agricultural clearing and heavy logging. The land has been designated a forestry reserve, and the Ghanaian Forestry Commission is very supportive of foreign investment being deployed to reforest the area. Miro Forestry aims to conform to high environmental, ethical, financial and social standards, and achieve international forestry certification on all plantations. It aims to be the preferred partner for local communities, the national government, and international development and finance.
• Objective 1
  Other-Forest information access
• Objective 2
  Timber production
• Objective 3
  Biodiversity conservation
• Deforestation drivers
  Other-cocoa farming |Insufficient law enforcement
• Type of forest
  humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  Plantation|Agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Region: Ashanti
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipalities of Asante Akim Central | Sekyere East | Sekyere Central

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2016-2045
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  9810123
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Litter | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  1975
• Reference period end year
  2013
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  yes
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  44621
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2410;https:=
• 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://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2410;https:=

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Conditional: The project guaranteed a benefit-sharing provision for the local community of 5% of pre-tax operating profits | Non-conditional: To maintain leakaage area, the project proponent provide the local communities with the land leasing and benefits agreement
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  NTPF|Agriculture
• 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes