Makira CCBS Project Description V6
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WildliFe Conservation Society Makira Forest Protected Area Project Project Design Document Version 6.0, December 2012 For submission to: SmartWood Program, Rainforest Alliance Following Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards Second Edition, December 2008 __________________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Christopher Holmes Title: Country Program Director WCS Madagascar Email: [email protected] Makira Forest Protected Area Project; CCBS Project Design Document; version 6.0 1 Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................... 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 9 GENERAL SECTION ........................................................................................................................... 10 G1. ORIGINAL CONDITIONS IN THE PROJECT AREA .......................................................................... 10 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................ 10 G1.1. Project location and basic physical parameters ..................................................................... 10 G1.2. Types and condition of vegetation within the project zone .................................................... 13 G1.3. Project area and project zone boundaries .............................................................................. 15 CLIMATE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................ 17 G1.4. Current carbon stocks within the project area ....................................................................... 17 COMMUNITY INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 24 G1.5. Communities, socio-economic and cultural information ........................................................ 24 G1.6. Land use and customary and legal property rights ................................................................ 29 BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 33 G1.7. A description of current biodiversity within the project zone ................................................. 33 G1.8. High conservation values in the project zone ......................................................................... 37 G2. BASELINE PROJECTIONS ............................................................................................................ 41 G2.1. Most likely land-use scenario in absence of project ............................................................... 41 G2.2. Documentation that project benefits would not happen in absence of project / project ‘Additionality’ ................................................................................................................................... 48 G2.3. Calculation of estimated carbon stock changes in absence of project ................................... 53 G2.4. ‘Without Project’ scenario effects on project zone communities ............................................ 98 G2.4. ‘Without Project’ scenario effects on project zone communities ............................................ 98 G2.5. ‘Without Project’ scenario effects on project zone biodiversity ............................................ 101 G3. PROJECT DESIGN AND GOALS .................................................................................................. 103 G3.1. Project’s major climate, community and biodiversity objectives .......................................... 103 G3.2. Project activities ................................................................................................................... 105 G3.3. Project location and boundaries ........................................................................................... 111 G3.4. Timeframe for the duration of the project and its credits .................................................... 111 G3.5. Risks and mitigation measures ............................................................................................. 111 G3.6. Measures to ensure maintenance or enhancement of the HCV value .................................. 116 G3.7. Measures to enhance permanence of project benefits ......................................................... 117 G3.8. Stakeholder consultations and involvement ......................................................................... 118 G3.9. Publication of CCBA public comment period to all stakeholders .......................................... 125 G3.10. Grievances and conflicts resolution .................................................................................... 125 Makira Forest Protected Area Project; CCBS Project Design Document; version 6.0 2 G4. MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AND BEST PRACTICES ..................................................................... 128 G4.1. Project proponent ................................................................................................................. 128 G4.2. Key technical skills ................................................................................................................ 130 G4.3. Training and capacity building of project’s employees and communities ............................ 133 G4.4. Employment policy ............................................................................................................... 134 G4.5. Relevant laws and regulations covering worker’s rights in the host country ....................... 134 G4.6. Employee safety .................................................................................................................... 135 G4.7. Financial health of the implementing organisation .............................................................. 137 G5. LEGAL STATUS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ................................................................................... 137 G5.1. Relevant laws and regulations, international treaties and agreements ............................... 137 G5.2. Demonstration of approval from authorities ........................................................................ 142 G5.3. Guarantee that the project will not result in property encroachment .................................. 142 G5.4. Demonstration that project does not require involuntary relocation ................................... 142 G5.5. Identification and mitigation of illegal activities .................................................................. 143 G5.6. Demonstration of land tenure status and title to carbon rights ........................................... 143 CLIMATE SECTION ......................................................................................................................... 145 CL1. NET POSITIVE CLIMATE IMPACTS ........................................................................................... 145 CL1.1. Net change in carbon stocks due to project activities ......................................................... 145 CL1.2. Net change in emissions of non-CO2 gases .......................................................................... 148 CL1.3. Other GHG emissions from project activities ....................................................................... 149 CL1.4. Net climate impact of the project ........................................................................................ 149 CL1.5. Specification how double counting is avoided ..................................................................... 151 CL2. OFFSITE CLIMATE IMPACTS (‘LEAKAGE’) ................................................................................. 152 CL2.1. Determination of leakage type and extent .......................................................................... 152 CL2.2. Documentation and quantification of how Leakage will be mitigated ............................... 153 CL2.3. Subtracting project related leakage from carbon benefits .................................................. 154 CL3. CLIMATE IMPACT MONITORING ............................................................................................. 156 CL3.1. Carbon pools to be monitored ............................................................................................. 156 CL3.2. Monitoring plan ................................................................................................................... 156 COMMUNITY SECTION .................................................................................................................. 162 CM1. NET POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMPACTS ................................................................................... 162 CM1.1. Impacts on communities .................................................................................................... 162 CM1.2. Impact on high conservation value .................................................................................... 170 CM2. OFFSITE STAKEHOLDER IMPACTS .......................................................................................... 171 CM2.1. Potential negative offsite stakeholder impacts ................................................................. 171 CM2.2. Plan to mitigate negative offsite social and economic impacts