Mozambique, Nhambita Community Carbon Project

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• Management and Technical Support

This is undertaken by Envirotrade Ltd, ECCM, the University of Edinburgh, and ICRAF

Envirotrade

Envirotrade, a UK company, has developed a business model based on biosequestration and Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and the sale of Carbon Offsets. Envirotrade set up, manage and applied their model to the Community Carbon Project in Mozambique. Envirotrade LDA is the Mozambican company set in partnership Envirotrade UK to facilitate the operation of the project in Mozambique. View their website

Piet van Zyl

Piet leads the management team for the Nhambita Community Carbon Project.

Antonio Serra BSc., MPhil.

Antonio manages the project in the Gorongosa National Park. He has over 10 years experience of forest research and natural resource managemetn and holds a position as a head of the Forest and Wildlife Department in Sofala Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is a leading international centre of academic excellence, and one of the largest and most successful research universities in the world. The School of Geosciences' research and teaching activities include topics such as global warming, ecosystem protection, earthquake prediction, sustainable development and human identities. The team led by John Grace and Mat Williams is responsible for the underpinning research on the project's activities. View their website.

Several students are involved in this project, including 5 who came from Mozambique to study postgraduate degrees at the University.

Prof. John Grace

John is head of the Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Science at the the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Mat Williams

Mat is a carbon modeller, and is involved in the technical development of the project.

• Local Organisations

The Gorongosa National Park

The park is very near to the project which lies within the national park buffer zone. The N'hambita project has been developed in co-operation with the Park Director, and has been designed to bring added value to the existing park strategies. This will be achieved by bringing extra capacity and resources to the park and increasing publicity. The park has very similar aims as the N'hambita Community Carbon Project, which are to "protect and restore the natural structure, functions and processes of Gorongosa National Park; and improve the health, education, and standard of living of the human communities who live near the park".

Sofala Provincial Government

The project was set up in collaboration with, and with the support of the Sofala Provincial Government.

• Research and Development Funding

The European Union (EU) Europeaid (2003-2008) have provided a grant for the project development. Although the land management activities are funded through payments for carbon sequestration, the project development, and research activities are funded by the EU grant. This project contributes to the EU aim of supporting the conservation and sustainable management of forests in developing countries.

• Investors and Purchasers

Envirotrade, The CarbonNeutral Company.

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