Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  612
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management Project
• Secondary name
  SUPSFM Project
• Country
  Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  ND
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2018
• Duration
  5
• Project description
  This is a readiness project to support the Lao Government's REDD+ strategy. The objective of the Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management Project is to support REDD+ activities through participatory sustainable forest management in priority areas and to pilot forest landscape management in four Northern provinces in Lao PDR. The project comprises of four components, including (i) strengthening and expanding Participatory Sustainable Forest Management (PSFM) in production forest areas, (ii) piloting forest landscape management, (iii) enabling legal and regulatory environment, and (iv) project management. SUPSFM is a continuation and expansion of the Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development Project (SUFORD) which was implemented from 2003 to 2012.
• Objective 1
  climate
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  timber production
• Deforestation drivers
  energy wood, fire, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, infrastructure, mining
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Provinces : Xaiyaboury, Luang Namtha, Oudomxay and Bokeo
• Jurisdiction level 2
  ND

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2013-2018
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  121407
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  none

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  ND
• 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
  Project description: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/05/09/000442464_20130509094508/Rendered/PDF/756320PAD0P130010Box377288B00OUO090.pdf http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/06/03/lao-pdr-qa-scaling-up-participatory-sustainable-forest-management-project; http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/08/08/world-bank-supports-participatory-sustainable-forest-management-in-lao-pdr

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payment from sale of timber and non-timber forest product, and from carbon revenues.
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  ecotourism | plantation forestry | tree planting
• 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?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No