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Deal #3214 Version #93454

Congo, Dem. Rep.
Created at
2013-03-01
Last update
2024-07-12
Last full update
2024-12-20

Detailed crop, animal and mineral information

Crops area/yield/export
  • Teak [current]
Comment on crops
The plant agricultural program aims to increase productivity through “no burn” techniques, cross cropping, and crop rotation. Crops will include Zea mays (Corn), Oryza glaberrima (African Rice), Glycine max, (Soy Beans) Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (Niebe), Ipomoea batatas (Sweet Potatos), Arachis hypogaea (Peanuts/Ground Nuts), Ananas comosus (Pineapple), and Manihot esculenta (Casava). All of these species are globally widespread and are not invasive
Comment on livestock
All species in the program are common agricultural species already in use in the project area: Capra aegagrus hircus (Goat), Ovis aries (sheep), Gallus gallus domesticus (chickens), Family Anatidae (Ducks), Sus scrofa domesticus (Pig), and Tilapia nilotica (Tilapia).

Detailed carbon sequestration/offsetting information

Carbon sequestration/offsetting
  • [2009, current] Other ( 187571 ha)
    Estimated emission reduction/removal during project lifetime: 1391623 tCO2e
    Estimated annual emission reduction/removal: 324534 tCO2e
    Certification standard: Yes
    Name of certification standard/mechanism: REDD+
    ID of certification standard/mechanism: VCS1359
    Comment on certification standard / mechanism: REDD+ project
  • [2009] Other ( 187571 ha)
    Estimated emission reduction/removal during project lifetime: 1391623 tCO2e
    Estimated annual emission reduction/removal: 324534 tCO2e
    Certification standard: Yes
    Name of certification standard/mechanism: Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
    ID of certification standard/mechanism: VCS1359
    Comment on certification standard / mechanism: REDD+ project
  • [2008] Other ( 187000 ha)
    Certification standard: Yes
    Name of certification standard/mechanism: Other
    Comment on certification standard / mechanism: the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards
Comment on carbon sequestration/offsetting
The project was approved for the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards The REDD+ project area contains one parcel of forest in the concession totaling 187,571 hectares. The total area for the concession is 348000 ha with two sections, a large concession (252,000 ha) just south of the Congo River near the town of Isangi and a smaller, adjacent concession (96,000 ha) further to the south. The 187571 ha is comprised of land for both the large concessions and the small concession.