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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Proyecto de Regeneracion Natural Asistida de Humbo (Etiopia)
Ethiopia · Humbo · See the Ethiopia profile
Regeneracion natural asistida de 2.728 ha de laderas degradadas en Etiopia; 7 cooperativas comunitarias (2005); primer proyecto forestal MDL en Africa (2012); 880.000 tCO2e en 30 anos; fauna silvestre ha regresado al bosque restaurado.
2,728 ha
Superficie regenerada
880,000 tCO2e over 30 yr
Carbono durante la vida del proyecto
7
Cooperativas creadas (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
El proyecto Humbo aplica la regeneración natural gestionada por agricultores (FMNR) a laderas degradadas del sur de Etiopía. Siete cooperativas se crearon en 2005 y se convirtió en el primer proyecto forestal MDL de África en 2012.
Results
El proyecto regeneró 2.728 ha y se le atribuyen unas 880.000 tCO2e a lo largo de 30 años, con el regreso de monos guereza y leopardos al bosque restaurado.
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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