Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  573
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Mitigation of GHG: Rubber based agro-forestry system for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Pakkading, Bolikhamsay Province, Lao PDR.
• Secondary name
• Country
  Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  969.2
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2037
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The Rubber based agro-forestry system for sustainable development and poverty reduction CDM project aims at developing a pioneering forestry CDM project in Lao PDR by establishing 969.20 hectares of rubber plantations according to a pioneering social and economic formula that provides sustainable change to poor rural communities without adverse impact on land ownership issues. In fact the project promoter actively stimulates the progress of official efforts by the government of the Lao PDR to issue the farmers with formal land certificates, which will enable them to benefit in financial terms from their land ownership rights.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  participatory forest management
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  fire, infrastructure, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Bolikhamsay
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Pakkading

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2008-2037
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  1107495
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  1982
• Reference period end year
  2007
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  42827
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/mymodule/ProjectDoc/Project_ViewFile.asp?FileID=21079&IDKEY=9097809fdslkjf09rndasfufd098asodfjlkduf09nm23mrn87s29067941
• 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/mitigation-ghg-rubber-based-agro-forestry-system-sustainable-development-and; http://www.theredddesk.org/sites/default/files/pdd_0.pdf; http://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/1/Z/5/1Z5GRVWUMOCS3LAYTPFQJK4NHEB720/PDD.pdf?t=VEx8bjM5enQ4fDC_y-nEpFjbI3TglJnNB9LX https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1684

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The project proponent will lease the land for a period of 30 years, which can be renewed for 20 years more. Project proponent will pay the land owner US $ 8.00 per hectare per year as the land lease/rent.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agroforestry | plantation forestry | tree planting
• 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  No