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Trees for Global Benefits (Plan Vivo, Uganda)

Uganda · Mbarara · See the Uganda profile

Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 5% 73/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

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 flowing directly to farmers.

50,000+
Smallholders engaged
34,000 ha
Area under agroforestry
~7.5M tCO2
Carbon generated
US$8.7M
Performance-based payments
Trees for Global Benefits (Plan Vivo, Uganda) Trees for Global Benefits (Plan Vivo, Uganda)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
ECOTRUST Uganda
Keywords
Community carbon (Plan Vivo), Smallholder agroforestry

Context

Trees for Global Benefits, run by ECOTRUST in Uganda, is a long-running Plan Vivo agroforestry-carbon scheme in which most revenue flows directly to smallholder farmers through performance-based payments.

Results

Over 20 years the scheme has engaged more than 50,000 smallholders across 34,000 ha, generating roughly 7.5 million tCO2 and about US$8.7 million in performance-based payments.

Implementation

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