Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  614
• Project status 2022
  Ended
• Project name
  South Choiseul Forest Carbon Project
• Secondary name
• Country
  Solomon Islands
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  8700
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2060
• Duration
  50
• Project description
  The project is located in an area where logging by communities was the main activitiy. The project aims to help communities to switch from logging to forest preservation thanks to a forest conservation initiative financed through: a) grants for project development; b) payments for ecosystem services for implementation and on-going management. Activities, involving communities as much as possible, include: - Minimal timber harvests for local housing, canoe and cultural needs. - Conservation management of protected forests - Community-based monitoring of carbon stocks - Governance of project implementation - Land-use planning to ientifiy drivers of deforestation and to reduce their impact - Management of project finances. - Energy infrastructure such as biogas - Inshore marine conservation The project may also include additionnal activities such as afforestation/reforestation and community agroforestry. The project is expected to serve as a model for further implementation of REDD+ both at national level and in the Pacific (Vanuata, Fiji…)
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  return on investment
• Objective 3
  participatory forest management
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, energy wood, industrial wood exploitation, infrastructure, local livelihoods
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  IFM
• Project Type
  IFM
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Non
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Choiseul
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Island: Choiseul

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  ND
• Leakage is expected?
  yes
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2015
• Reference period end year
  2044
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

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
  Plan vivo
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  intended
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  http://www.planvivo.org/project-network/project-pipeline/
• 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/wp-content/uploads/Choiseul-PIN-V1_published.pdf; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/pilot-effective-models-governance-and-implementation-redd-small-island-1

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Payments from PES scheme
• Provides employment?
  ND
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry | tree planting
• Is there tenure clarification?
  ND
• Is there environmental education?
  ND
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  ND
• Is there forest enhancement?
  ND
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND