Carbon Emissions Reduction Project in the Forest Corridor Ambositra- Vondrozo Forest Corridor (COFAV) – Madagascar Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards Project Design Document Developed By: Conservation International Version: 1.0 – 07 Jan, 2014 2 i. Project Name: Carbon Emissions Reduction Project in the Forest Corridor Ambositra- Vondrozo Forest Corridor (COFAV) ii. Project Location: Madagascar iii. Project Proponent: Government of Madagascar, through the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) represented by the Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF) - Address: B.P. 243 Direction Générale des Forests Nanisana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar iv. Auditor: SCS Global Services Francis Eaton – email:
[email protected] 2000 Powell Street, Ste. 600, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA phone+1.510.452.9099 v. Project Start Date: November 01, 2007 and GHG accounting period and project lifetime: 30 years from project start date vi. Validation: PDD submitted for full validation of Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, vii. History of CCBS status: first validation viii. CCBS edition: second edition ix. Project’s Climate, Community and biodiversity benefits: The protection of COFAV will provide significant climate benefits through the REDD mechanism, which aims to reduce the historical annual deforestation rate of 1 percent. The net climate impact of the project is estimated as 3,955,936 tCO2e over 10 years. It is also critically important for biodiversity as it represents one of Madagascar’s last remaining intact corridors that links areas of low, mid, and high altitude forest and allows for genetic connectivity of animal and plant populations. The protection of the corridor will also maintain the provision of freshwater for much of the center of the country as the headwaters of 25 rivers begin within this forest corridor.