Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  583
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Small Scale Afforestation CDM on Private Lands
• Secondary name
  Small Scale Cooperative Afforestation CDM Pilot Project Activity on Private Lands Affected by Shifting Sand Dunes in Sirsa, Haryana
• Country
  India
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  370
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2028
• Duration
  20
• Project description
  The purpose of the small-scale A/R CDM project activity is: - To earn carbon credits from growing of trees to be planted, under the CDM provisions of Kyoto Protocol; - To help in mitigation of global warming by planting trees for sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide; - To improve the local environmental condition of soil through increasing the water holding capacity of the lands, increasing the humus in soil and also stabilizing the sand dunes, by converting the marginal and degraded croplands into forested lands; - To increase income, provide employment opportunities, and as a result to alleviate poverty of local communities
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  return on investment
• Deforestation drivers
  Natural Disaster
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration, plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  State : Haryana
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : Sisra

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2008-2028
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  231920
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CDM

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  39797
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://cdm.unfccc.int/filestorage/K/C/4/KC4TQNJVU6ZEBH38OP9LX7GDASWIM5/Validation%20Report.pdf?t=bGt8cWgxZnhkfDDKrauHDbPQNaxjuG-tXEM9
• 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://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/small-scale-afforestation-cdm-private-lands; http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/TUEV-SUED1229620290.53/view

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  ND
• Monetary benefit type
  ND
• Monetary benefit detail
  ND
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  fuel efficient stoves | plantation forestry | 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?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No