Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  591
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Loru Forest Project
• Secondary name
  The Nakau Programme: An indigenous forest conservation programme through Payment for Environmental Services (PES)
• Country
  Vanuatu
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  166
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2043
• Duration
  30
• Project description
  The objective is to generate income through the sale of carbon offsets from the protected forest area. This income will replace the opportunity cost for landowners who have given up the right to log and clear their forests under this project. This will address a core economic driver for deforestation. The project employs the legal instrument of a Community Conservation Area to protect the tall coastal rainforest within the project boundary. The project seeks to manage the area through implementation of the Loru Area Management Plan, which includes the removal of cattle from the area. Surrounding degraded rainforest within the Project Area is to be actively managed to reduce the impact of invasive weeds. The project will establish a tree nursery with the clan to generate revenue and promote forest conservation and increased planting of productive tree species. The project further aims to provide training in nut processing for women in the whole Khole community as an additional income source that relies directly on forest protection. The project works with about fifty indigenous ni-Vanuatu landowners of the Serkar Clan, descended from Chief Serkar (1913 - 1997). In order to protect the rainforest, these landowners have given up the rights to land clearance for coconut plantations.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Sanma
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Island : Espiritu Santo

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2013-2014
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  73260
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Dead wood | Other
• Gasses included
  CO2
• 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
  42523
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://mer.markit.com/br-reg/public/project.jsp?project_id=104000000011558
• 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
  Plan vivo PdD: http://www.planvivo.org/docs/Loru-PD-Part-B-.pdf http://www.livelearn.org/projects/redd-pilot-project; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/nakau-programme; http://www.planvivo.org/project-network/loru-forest-project/

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  The clan (community group) receive payments for environment services to compensate for the opportunity costs of protecting an area of secondary forest let to regeneration (Community conservation area).
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  ND
• 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?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  Yes