The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project
Project Number
VCS 934
Standard
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
Additional Certification
Climate, Community, Biodiversity Standards (CCB)
Climate Gold, Biodiversity Gold
Technology Type
REDD+ (Avoided Planned Deforestation)
Project Location
Inongo Territory, Mai-Ndombe Lake District, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Project Description
The project area is an ecologically rich and diverse area which includes some of the world’s most important wetlands and was previously zoned for commercial timber extraction
It is home to Chimpanzees, Bonobos and forest elephants, and around 50,000 people
Leading deforestation drivers are logging, subsistence agricultural practices and aggressive fuelwood/ charcoal use
Its activities consist largely of participatory community-based conservation initiatives which reduce local incentives toward unsustainable land use, with emphasis on agricultural improvements
It is focused on four main themes:
- stopping planned legal and reducing unplanned illegal logging
- agricultural improvement activities
- village-centred capacity building through Local Development Committees (CLDs)
- infrastructure and socio-economic development activities
Activities are funded through carbon financing and designed to reduce/ eliminate deforestation in the project area, while improving socio-economic livelihood of surrounding community
Sustainability Beyond Carbon
This project generates an array of sustainability outcomes, beyond just carbon not being released from the project area’s carbon stocks
Proponents are working closely with the villages and communities in the project area to educate, inform, listen, learn and most importantly, to understand and respect their local customs
They are engaged with each major village and/or seat of traditional authority, and consent to develop the project in a participatory manner was given by all traditional authorities
The community engagement process will continue throughout the life of the project
Project objectives include:
- building a minimum of 20 schools
- construction of health care centres in 5 villages plus reparation and extension of secondary hospitals in 2 villages
- assist transportation to off-concession markets for agricultural and other products
- provide a network of rural canteens
- improve agricultural production techniques
- recruit employees from local communities
Project Design, Monitoring, Validation and Verification Reports
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Information about the project has been sourced from the publicly available documents provided here:
https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/934
All images are either representative stock images, images supplied by the project, or sourced from the Verra VCS Project Database
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