MuLaKiLa
Gold Standard · GS23431 · Rwanda
About this project
The MuLaKiLa project is a long-term (32 years) community-based landscape restoration and climate resilience initiative in Rwanda’s western province, spanning Ngororero and Rutsiro districts. As part of the voluntary carbon market, it is projected to sequester 5.4 million tons of CO₂e, with 4.356 million tons of CO₂e accounted for after buffer deduction. The project will restore 21,000 hectares of degraded smallholder land through agroforestry systems, woodlots, and Sustainable Agriculture Land Management (SALM) practices. It will benefit around 160,000 farmers by creating green jobs, improving livelihoods, and addressing climate challenges such as soil erosion, land degradation, and biodiversity loss. Core interventions include planting over 6 million trees, community mobilization, capacity building, and the establishment of innovative nature-based financial mechanisms.
The record
- Project ID
- GS23431
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Afforestation/Reforestation · Forestry & Land Use
- Removal or reduction
- Impermanent Removal
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Reforest'Action · 2 projects
- Country
- Rwanda
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2023-10-07 to 2053-10-06
- Estimated yearly credits
- 178,500
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty
- 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
- 2023-10-07 to 2053-10-06
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Rwanda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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