Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  931
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Restoration of Mangroves Removed for Shrimp Farms and Firewood in the Gulf of Fonseca
• Secondary name
• Country
  Honduras
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  1548
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2046
• Duration
  25
• Project description
  This Project aims to sequester carbon dioxide while restoring mangrove ecosystems that have been damaged through firewood collection and the development of unproductive smallholder shrimp farms along the Gulf of Fonseca in Southern Honduras. The majority of the land that will be used for this project is a part of the Natural Protected Areas Subsystem of the Southern Zone of Honduras (SAPZsurH), a national park that combines 10 protected areas under a single management plan run by the Honduran Forestry, Protected Areas, and Wildlife Ministry (ICF) and local nonprofit, Comité para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Flora y Fauna del Golfo de Fonseca (CODDEFFAGOLF). As main objectives the project will strive to improve conservation outcomes in the Gulf of Fonseca, bolster fisheries, and protect communities from tropical storms.
• Objective 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  social development
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  industrial agriculture or cattle ranching | energy wood | local livelihoods | other-Shrimp farming (livelihoods referred as the main cause of deforestation, followed by draining of mangroves
• Type of forest
  wetland
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  ecosystem restoration
• Multiple locations?
  yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Departments Valle and Choluteca
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Alianza and Nacaome municipalities (Valle Department) | Marcovia, Choluteca, and Namasigue municipalities (Choluteca Department)

Carbon accounting

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

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
  ND
• 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
  ND
• 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 PIN (Project Idea Note (PIN))

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  To provide financial incentives to local communities to restore and maintain mangroves that have been damaged for firewood collection and smallholder shrimp farming
• Provides employment?
  Check
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  Tree planting| ecotourism | microenterprise | NTFP
• 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