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Most practices in: Germany (2) · Spain (2) · Uganda (2)
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 …
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 …
Spain's CAP Strategic Plan (PEPAC 2023-2027) pays farmers in dehesa and agroforestry systems—~3.5 million ha of Extremadura, Andalusia and Castilla y León—for …
World's oldest operational carbon market project (1994), led by indigenous and mestizo farming communities in Chiapas under Plan Vivo. Covers 9,150 ha …
USDA programme paying farmers to convert highly erodible cropland to permanent vegetative cover. 24.8 million acres (~10 Mha) enrolled; $1.8 billion in …
COMACO pays Zambian smallholders above-market prices for conservation-farmed produce in exchange for surrendering snares and firearms; a 2011 PNAS study found significant …
Plan Vivo-certified rangeland carbon project in central Mongolia; 100+ herder households across 70,000 ha practice sustainable rotational grazing, yielding 24,850 tCO2 independently …
Romania's PNDR Measure 10 pays 125–500 EUR/ha to smallholder farmers maintaining biodiversity-rich HNV meadows. Over 2015–2019, 212,413 beneficiaries received EUR 231.5 M …
Switzerland's statutory biodiversity payments compensate ~47,000 farms for maintaining over 184,000 ha of Biodiversity Promotion Areas — wildflower meadows, orchards, wetlands and …
Ireland's statutory agri-environment PES under the 2023-2027 EU CAP: EUR 150M/yr for 54,000+ farm families managing 1.1M ha for biodiversity, peatland carbon …
To keep nitrates out of its mineral-water aquifer, Vittel (Nestlé Waters) pays catchment farmers via the Agrivair intermediary to adopt low-input agriculture …
Since 1999, TIST has organised smallholder farmers into self-governing 'small groups' across Kenya, Uganda (incl. Soroti), Tanzania and India. Verra's verified count: …
Jordan revived the ancient Hima communal rangeland system at Bani Hashem in the Zarqa River Basin, using rotational grazing exclusion to nearly …
Tunisia's national oasis strategy channelled a $6.34M GEF/World Bank-financed project through farmer associations (GDA) to reward sustainable land management across the country's …
Lithuania pays farmers under Measure 10 of its CAP Plan to manage biodiversity grasslands, protect wetlands and cut farm emissions; 2015-2022 the …
Since 2010, South West Water has paid 2,000+ Devon and Cornwall farmers to cut diffuse pollution across 144,120 ha, investing over £20m …
Austria's ÖPUL pays 110,200 farms — 74.6% of all holdings — to adopt voluntary agri-environmental measures on 2.2 million hectares, with €614M/year …
Pau Costa Foundation pays Girona-province shepherds EUR140/ha in strategic zones and EUR70/ha elsewhere to graze livestock as wildfire fuel-break management; peer-reviewed 5-year …
Slovakia's 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan pays farmers via the Agri-Environment-Climate Measure (AEKO) and a companion eco-scheme for grassland, organic and biodiversity commitments …
Niger's 1993 Rural Code, reinforced by a 2004 forestry law and a 2020 presidential decree, gave farmers ownership of on-farm trees. World …
In 2017 Nestlé's Sheikhupura plant became the first site worldwide AWS-certified; drip-irrigation subsidies with Punjab cut farm water use by 377,500+ m3/yr …
Since 2007 Pennsylvania's REAP tax-credit program has paid farmers 50-90% of BMP costs, awarding over $155M in credits across 8,500+ projects on …
Since 1998, Taiwan's Forestry Bureau and Tainan City have paid Guantian farmers to farm pesticide-free for the endangered pheasant-tailed jacana; nests grew …
Solidaridad / Rabobank Acorn ex-post carbon-payment programme for ~1,200 smallholder coffee farmers in Cauca, Colombia; satellite-verified Plan Vivo certificates paid one farmer …
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