Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  585
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Umiam Sub-watershed REDD Project
• Secondary name
  Khasi Hills Community REDD+ Project: Restoring and Conserving Meghalaya's Hill ForestsThrough Community Action; Khasi Hills REDD Project
• Country
  India
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  27139
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2041
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The project seeks to support indigenous communities to conserve good forest and restore degraded forests through assisted natural regeneration and afforestation activities as well as develop new income generating activities that address poverty and help control local drivers of deforestation. The project has four main activities: - Forest Conservation and Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR), with the development of a community-based management system that strengthens the capacity of indigenous institutions. - Income Generating Activities (IGAs): sustainable farming sustems, NTFP, medicinal plants, ecotourism… - Conservation of Biodiversity and Improving Hydrology with plans to better manage watersheds - Develop Operational Systems for multi-benefit, performance-oriented programs that can be replicated by forest-dependent communities in other parts of Northeast India and the larger South Asia region.
• Objective 1
  development, social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  participatory forest management
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, fire, infrastructure, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  dry
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  State : Meghalaya
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District : East Khasi Hills

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2012-2021
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  587511
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  certified
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41364
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.planvivo.org/project-network/khasi-hills-community-redd-project-india/
• 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.planvivo.org/projects/registeredprojects/khasi-hills-community-carbon-project-india/; http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project/umiam-sub-watershed-redd-project; http://communityforestryinternational.org/redd-carbon-sales/; http://www.planvivo.org/wp-content/uploads/Khasi-Hills-Community-REDD-ProjectIdeanote-May13EM.pdf; http://edepot.wur.nl/248973;

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Both conditional and non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Conditional: 60% of carbon revenues given to communities | Non-conditional: direct payment for village development plans by NABARD.
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | conservation agriculture | ecotourism | micro-credits | processing and commercialization
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• 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