Since the Kariba REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project launched in 2011, more than 18 million tonnes of CO2 have been prevented from entering the atmosphere. The project has also supported the independence and well-being of local communities.

The Context
In recent decades, Zimbabwe has suffered from political and economic turbulence. With limited economic opportunities, desperate communities have delved deeper into the forests, clearing it for subsistence farming and fuelwood. More than a third of Zimbabwe’s majestic forests have been lost. Creating further instability for people with already precarious livelihoods.

The Project
The Kariba Project protects almost 785,000 hectares of forests and wildlife on the southern shores of Lake Kariba, near the Zimbabwe-Zambia border. One of the largest registered REDD+ projects by area it connects four national parks and eight safari reserves, forming a giant biodiversity corridor that protects an expansive forest and numerous vulnerable and endangered species – including the African elephant, lion, hippo, lappet-faced vulture and southern ground hornbill. As well as this, the project implements numerous community- focused initiatives detailed below.

The Benefits
Kariba is a community-based project, administered by the four local Rural District Councils (RDCs) of Binga, Nyaminyami, Hurungwe and Mbire. As such, the project supports a range of activities beyond environmental protection, promoting the independence and wellbeing of these communities. Improved clinic amenities provide better healthcare, infrastructure including new roads and boreholes improve daily life, and school subsidies are offered to the poorest quartile of the population. Project activities in conservation agriculture, community gardens, beekeeping training, fire management, and ecotourism create jobs and facilitate sustainable incomes, benefiting the entire region.

So far, the project has trained 233 local people to generate profit from sustainable beekeeping. Community gardens, beekeeping training, fire management and ecotourism create jobs and facilitate sustainable incomes that benefit the entire community.

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Aufforstung zum Speichern von CO2 aus der Atmosphäre


Das Projekt umfasst insgesamt 21.298 ha Land, das zuvor von Fleischrindern beweidet wurde, auf dem Forstplantagen zur Gewinnung hochwertiger, langlebiger Holzprodukte und zur Speicherung großer Mengen Kohlendioxid aus der Atmosphäre errichtet wurden.

Die Wälder basieren hauptsächlich auf Eucalyptus grandis Plantagen in 22-jährigen Rotationen, die mit Schnitt und zwei bis drei Ausdünnungsarbeiten bewirtschaftet werden, um Stämme mit hohem Durchmesser zu erhalten, die zum Sägen und Furnieren geeignet sind. 

Die Praktiken sind mit dem FSC-Standard für nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft kompatibel. Gepflanzte Wälder entfernen Kohlendioxid aus der Atmosphäre und speichern es in verschiedenen Kohlenstoffpools (oberirdische und unterirdische Biomasse, Boden, Streu, Nicht-Baum-Vegetation, Totholz und geerntete Holzprodukte).

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Solar Energie für Indien

M/s Orange SuvaanEnergy Private Limited (OSEPL) errichtet ein Solarenergieprojekt im Dorf Mhasaleim Distrikt Dhule, Maharasthra, mit einer Kapazität von 100 MW (50 x 2 Phasen).

Das Ziel der Projektaktivität ist die Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie durch den Betrieb eines photovoltaischen Solarkraftwerks. Die installierte Gesamtleistung der Projektaktivität beträgt 100 MW.

Ziel der Projektaktivität ist die Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie unter Verwendung von Sonnenenergie durch den Betrieb von photovoltaischen Solarpanelen.

Der durch das Projekt erzeugte Strom wird in das indische Stromnetz exportiert. Durch die Projektaktivität wird daher eine entsprechende Menge an Elektrizität verdrängt, die sonst durch das dominierende Stromnetz für fossile Brennstoffe erzeugt worden wäre.



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Godawari Power and Ispat Limited (GPIL) has installed a 20MW biomass based power project at Siltara, Raipur. The purpose of the project activity is to generate electricity using renewable biomass residues i.e. rice husk to reduce GHG (CO2) emissions. As biomass is a CO2 neutral fuel, the power produced by the GPIL from renewable biomass will have zero GHG emissions. Also as it is replacing fossil fuel intensive based power generation from Indian grid, thereby results in reducing emissions from such fossil fuels. 

In the project activity, biomass shall be combusted in the boiler for producing high pressure steam to generate 20MW electricity. The total annual generation of electricity from the project activity will be 126.72 GWh. The rice husk will be collected from a radius of 50km from projectsite. The project has obtained the requisite clearances and is commissioned on 01 November 2010.

Government of India has stipulated the following indicators for the sustainable development in the interim approval guidelines for Gold Standard projects. 

Social and Economic wellbeing: The project would lead to generation of direct and indirect employment and improving economic condition of the area. The project activity adds income to the farmers by providing added
economic value to the produce of farmers by procuring rice husk from the rice mills. This will definitely help the
millers to pay better price to the farmers for their paddy crop.
Since the biomass resources are to be collected and transported to the plant site from the fields, opportunities are being generated for the rural people to collect and transport the biomass residues. The rice husk transportation to site will provide employment opportunities to a number of trucks and other similar vehicles will be making trips to project site throughout the year. This will increase the transport related income and employment. The above benefits due to the project activity ensure that the project would contribute to social and economic wellbeing in the region.

Environmental wellbeing: The project activity utilises biomass potential available for power generation, which
otherwise is left un-utilised (left to decay or burnt). Thus it aids in the resource utilization and avoids pollution due to burning / dumping of biomass in nearby areas. Further, project activity replaces part of power generated in the grid using predominantly fossil fuels such as coal, lignite and gas. The project would not result in increase of GHG emissions and cause no negative impact on the environment.

Technological wellbeing: Successful implementation of this project would encourage other promoters to adopt
similar technology in the relevant sector and hence the project leads to technological wellbeing.

sustainable development in the host country.

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