Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area — TNC/PfB Climate Action Project (Belize)
Belize
One of the world's first forest carbon projects (1994): TNC and Programme for Belize conserve 102,790 ha of tropical forest …
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Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ Project (Ethiopia)
Ethiopia · Goba · See the Ethiopia profile
Community-led REDD+ project in Ethiopia's afromontane Bale eco-region: 5.5M tCO2e verified under VCS+CCBA Gold, 58% deforestation reduction, 25,000+ ha protected, benefiting 350,000 people directly and 12M downstream ecosystem-service users.
5.5M tCO2e
Réductions d'émissions vérifiées
58%
Réduction de la déforestation
350,000
Bénéficiaires directs
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Farm Africa / SOS Sahel / Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (OFWE)
- Period
- 2012-present
- Keywords
- Afromontane forest, carbon, community, biodiversity
Context
Le projet REDD+ de l'écorégion des montagnes de Bale est un projet mené par la communauté dans l'écorégion afromontagnarde de Bale, en Éthiopie, certifié selon les normes Verra VCS et CCBA Gold.
Results
Il a vérifié 5,5 millions de tCO2e, obtenu une réduction de 58% de la déforestation et protégé plus de 25 000 ha, bénéficiant directement à 350 000 personnes et à environ 12 millions d'usagers en aval des services écosystémiques.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-20
- Farm Africa / SOS Sahel / Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (OFWE) — accessed 2026-06-20
- Farm Africa – How coffee and carbon credits cut deforestation in Bale — accessed 2026-06-20
- CCBA project registry – Bale Mountains Eco-region REDD+ — accessed 2026-06-20
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