Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia – Konea
Gold Standard · GS11856 · Ethiopia
About this project
The small-scale VPA presented here is the first VPA under the GS Programme of Activites (PoA) ‘Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia’. It lies in the Konea micro-catchment which belongs to the Kebele (community) of Tungi, and is situated in the south of Yeshum River, an affluent of the Blue Nile (Abay River) in the Woreda (district) Wogdi, South Wollo Zone, Regional State of Amhara, located some 170 kilometers in linear distance north of Addis Ababa. In Ethiopia, a series of droughts, overgrazing, erosion as well as deforestation due to the need for construction and firewood have resulted in eroded and depleted soils. Therefore, the livelihood of the population, which predominantly lives from agriculture, is severely threatened. MfM has set up an array of integrated measures to counter the vicious circle for the smallholder population living in rural Ethiopia. The VPA aims at rehabilitating land through physical and biological natural resource management practices and by considering crucial livelihood enhancement measures. While various afforestation measures are being taken, at the same time, the project will improve the livelihood of the community living in the contemplable catchments. The participation of the community is considered crucial for the sustainability of all conducted activities. Trees will be planted on a total area of 60 hectare, which will result in an expected annual verifiable CO2 fixation of some 450 tCO2e - in line with the SDG 13 (among other positive impacts on SGDs). After a project period of 30 years, 13,410 tCO2 have been sequestered by the small-scale afforestation project.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11856
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Afforestation/Reforestation · Forestry & Land Use
- Removal or reduction
- Impermanent Removal
- Methodology
- GS Methodology for Afforestation/Reforestation GHG Emissions Reduction and Sequestration
- Developer
- Stiftung Menschen für Menschen · 1 project
- Country
- Ethiopia
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2022-06-01 to 2052-06-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 450
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2022-06-01 to 2052-06-01
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Ethiopia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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