Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  941
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  INTEGRATED PROJECT FOR REFORESTATION AND AGROFORESTRY ON DEGRADED LANDS IN NICARAGUA
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Nicaragua
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  4204 
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2056
• Duration
  40
• Project description
  The proposed ARR VCS project plans to reforest and rehabilitate a total area of 4,204 hectares until 2030 in Nicaragua. Since 2016, 677 hectares of pure teak (Tectona grandis) and, to a lesser extent, cocoa agroforestry systems (Theobroma cacao) have been realized (incl. 2020). This area was realized in the northeast of Nicaragua, in the Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean Coast (RACCN), specifically in the municipalities of Siuna and to a minor extent in Bonanza and within the limits of the buffer zone of the BOSAWAS Biosphere Reserve (RBB), approximately 315 km from the capital of the country Managua. The realized plantations form the first instances of this grouped project. The project foresees a gradual expansion of planted area starting with 100 to 200 hectares per year, adding new project areas to the project within the same area of the RACCN, Nicaragua. After a final harvest of the teak, the area is replanted – this rotation cycle is to continue endlessly. The forestry initiative was born in 2008 Bonanza and was managed by Norteak Madera until 2015. Since middle 2015 MLR took the management control of the Project with a different vision, focused on an agro-forestry project combining teak and cacao crops. The total current area of the properties of MLR is 5139.55 ha. Of this area, 2315.71 hectare is included in the actual VCS project (areas 2016-2020). The project plans to expand to a total VCS project area of 4,204 hectares (Ha) until 2030, of which 2,567 hectares are commercial plantations, mainly in the Municipality of Siuna, according to the availability of area, labor and other necessary elements, that allow the expansion of the Project in degraded areas. Furthermore, from 2020 onwards, the project manages assigned protection areas for gradual rehabilitation into natural lands, specifically in those areas that have suffered high levels of degradation.
• Objective 1
  Other-ecosystem restoration
• Objective 2
  timber production
• Objective 3
  Other-incentivizing community leadership
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing| slash-and burn agriculture|mining
• Type of forest
  humid|wetland
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  Agroforestry|Plantation
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Department: North Caribbean Autonomous Region
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Municipalities of Siuna and Bonanza

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2016 - 2056
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  1046688
• Leakage is expected?
  no
• Carbon pools included
  Above ground biomass | Below ground biomass | Soil organic carbon
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  2005
• Reference period end year
  2015
• Carbon standard 1
  VCS

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  yes
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  44683
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2365
• 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
  https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2365

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  the promotion of formal employment opportunities
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  tree planting | agroforestry
• 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?
  Yes
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND