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Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP)

World's first commodity-based REDD+ programme: 5.9 M ha of Ghana's High Forest Zone with 140,000+ cocoa farmers in 6 hotspot areas. World …

Kumasi, Ghana
Good practice ★ 73 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Trees for Global Benefits (Plan Vivo, Uganda)

A 20-year Plan Vivo agroforestry-carbon scheme run by ECOTRUST: 50,000+ smallholders, 34,000 ha, ~7.5 MtCO2, US$8.7M in performance-based payments, with most revenue …

Mbarara, Uganda
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Scolel'te Community Carbon Project (Chiapas, Mexico)

World's oldest operational carbon market project (1994), led by indigenous and mestizo farming communities in Chiapas under Plan Vivo. Covers 9,150 ha …

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Good practice ★ 67 Evidence: Observational / pre–post

USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

USDA programme paying farmers to convert highly erodible cropland to permanent vegetative cover. 24.8 million acres (~10 Mha) enrolled; $1.8 billion in …

Washington, D.C., United States of America
Good practice ★ 60 Evidence: Quasi-experimental

COMACO — Community Markets for Conservation (Zambia)

COMACO pays Zambian smallholders above-market prices for conservation-farmed produce in exchange for surrendering snares and firearms; a 2011 PNAS study found significant …

Chipata, Zambia
Good practice ★ 60 Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Vittel / Agrivair groundwater PES

To keep nitrates out of its mineral-water aquifer, Vittel (Nestlé Waters) pays catchment farmers via the Agrivair intermediary to adopt low-input agriculture …

Vittel, France