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Plan Vivo

Sofala Community Carbon Project, Mozambique

Location Gorongosa National Park, Sofala province, Mozambique
Project coordinator Envirotrade | Go to website
Activities Agroforestry, avoided deforestation and forest conservation
Area under management 11,744 hectares
Participants
2799
Plan Vivo Status Registered Plan Vivo project
Verification status Verified by Rainforest Alliance November 2010.Next audit due before November 2015.
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Project news/updates

July 2012 | Response to REDD-Monitor article. Download.

2010 | the FAO’s ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ review highlights the Plan Vivo project in Mozambique, Sofala Community Carbon, as an example of how carbon sequestration through land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) can both promote sustainable rural livelihoods as well as generate verifiable carbon emissions reductions for the international community.

Plan Vivo Certificates

Total Plan Vivo Certificates issued

342,423

Emissions reductions capacity

100,000 tCO2 per annum

Next delivery date

30th December 2012

 

More project news…

2009 | PES used for local school building.

The Nhambita Community Association is building a second school in the community using income from payments for ecosystem services.

By implementing a forest management programme in 12,000 hectares of community forest, the community receive payments for ecosystem services enabling them to self-fund the second school. Students had been learning outside since the old school was damaged.

Project Documents

Registration Certificate

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Summaries/publicity

Project summary

Project Design Document

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Technical specifications

Conservation of Miombo Woodland in MozambiqueWoodlots (mixed miombo species)

Homestead planting (mixed fruit and non-fruit)

Fruit orchard (mango)

Fruit orchard (cashew)
Dispersed-interplanting (Faidherbia Albida)

Verification/audit reports

Download verification statementDownload verification report (Nov’ 2010)

Annual Reports

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