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Oddar Meanchey Community Forestry REDD+ (Cambodia)

Cambodia · Samraong · See the Cambodia profile

World's first VCS Triple Gold CCB REDD+ project: 13 community forestry groups protect 67,783 ha in Oddar Meanchey. Expected to reduce 7.1 MtCO2 over 30 years; ~10,000 households across 58 villages; government (Forestry Administration) as project proponent.

67,783 ha

Bosque protegido

7.1M tCO2 over 30 yr

Reducciones de emisiones esperadas

~10,000

Hogares involucrados

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Forestry Administration of Cambodia / Pact
Period: 2007-present
Keywords: Tropical dryland forest, carbon, community forestry

Context

El proyecto REDD+ de Silvicultura Comunitaria de Oddar Meanchey, en Camboya, fue el primer proyecto REDD+ VCS Triple Gold CCB del mundo, con la Administración Forestal como proponente y 13 grupos comunitarios de silvicultura protegiendo el bosque.

Results

Protege 67.783 ha y se espera que reduzca 7,1 millones de tCO2 a lo largo de 30 años, involucrando a unos 10.000 hogares en 58 aldeas.

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
Forestry Administration of Cambodia / Pact — accessed 2026-06-20
CCBA -- Cambodia Triple Gold VCS+CCB verification — accessed 2026-06-20
USAID BiodiversityLinks -- Oddar Meanchey — accessed 2026-06-20

Quality score: 67/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 8% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced3/3

World's first VCS Triple Gold CCB verification (2013); 7.1 MtCO2 expected over 30 years from protecting 67,783 ha of deciduous dipterocarp forest in NW Cambodia.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced2/3

CCB Triple Gold certification requires demonstrated biodiversity co-benefits; Upper Mekong biodiversity region; but species-level recovery outcomes are not separately published.

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control2/3

Forest protection in NW Cambodia's upper Mekong tributary watersheds reduces erosion and regulates dry-season flows, noted in project documents; not a primary payment mechanism.

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced1/3

Dry-season fire is a forest degradation driver; community monitoring reduces incidence, but fire reduction is not independently quantified as a primary benefit.

Governance, certification & transferability2/3

Government (Forestry Administration) as VCS project proponent; Triple Gold CCB (2013); multi-donor; 15-year renewable community agreements; post-2015 community payment delivery questioned in independent reports.

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Evidoria. Oddar Meanchey Community Forestry REDD+ (Cambodia). Persistent ID: 11a44914-74bd-433a-a971-56799e7eb587.

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