GuateCarbon — Community REDD+ in the Maya Biosphere Reserve (Guatemala)
Guatemala
VCS/CCB-certified REDD+ project covering 660,000 ha in Petén's Maya Biosphere Reserve; 12 community concessions managed by ACOFOP and CONAP project …
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Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project
Ethiopia · Humbo · See the Ethiopia profile
FMNR of 2,728 ha of degraded Ethiopian hillsides; 7 cooperatives established 2005; Africa's first CDM forestry project (2012); 880,000 tCO2e over 30 years; Guereza monkeys and leopards have returned to restored forest.
2,728 ha
Area regenerated
880,000 tCO2e over 30 yr
Carbon over project life
7
Cooperatives established (2005)
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- World Vision Ethiopia / World Bank BioCarbon Fund
- Period
- 2005-2035
- Keywords
- community forestry, carbon markets, land restoration, rural livelihoods
Context
The Humbo project applies farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) to degraded hillsides in southern Ethiopia. Seven cooperatives were established in 2005 and it became Africa's first CDM forestry project in 2012.
Results
The project regenerated 2,728 ha and is credited with about 880,000 tCO2e over 30 years, with Guereza monkeys and leopards returning to the restored forest.
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 2026-06-22
- World Vision Ethiopia / World Bank BioCarbon Fund — accessed 2026-06-22
- World Bank: Africa's first forestry CDM project — accessed 2026-06-22
- World Vision: Ethiopia forest project receives UN carbon credits — accessed 2026-06-22
- BioCarbon Fund project record — accessed 2026-06-22
- UK DFID African Agriculture Carbon case study — accessed 2026-06-22
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