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Project Title ZANBAL Gold Standard ID GS4731 Type of Certification

Initial Certification Performance Certification New Area Certification Annual Reporting

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1. Key Project Information

(a) Project activities Malian Family farms: planting and protecting fertilizer trees (Faidherbia alibida) in cultivated fields that remain cultivated and will produce more thanks to agroforestry. Project owner: identifying interested family farms, identifying with them planting areas, checking their property rights, signing a contract with them, following the development of plantations and protection over a period of 40 years, paying 1 € per tree per year to family farms during the first 20 years of successful development of the trees.

(b) Organisations that are involved in the project (project participants) - family farms of: family first name born township village phone 1 DIA Mahamadou 89 Konobougou Konobougou 78165290 DIARRA Bafou 56 Konobougou Dionisidi 75018948 KONTE Mahamadou 79 Konobougou Welengara 78130990 KONTE Soumaila 50 Konobougou Welengara 74039546 KONTE Cheickna 44 Konobougou Bomoti3 74039546 DIALLO Amadou 60 Baroueli Tigui 65480598 DIALLO Yacouba 70 Baroueli Tigui 63498623 DIARRA Seriba 66 Baroueli Tigui 67747431 DIAKITE Modibo 79 Konobougou Bomoti1 77300324 DIAKITE Tafara 57 Konobougou Ndjenina 73312268 HAIDARA Amadou 67 Konobougou Dionibwere 66351766 TRAORE Mary 58 Konobougou Dionisidi 73350456 ANNE Alou 50 Konobougou Konobougou 66936597 DIALLO Hady 58 Baroueli Tigui 67545065 TRAORE Lassana 70 Konobougou Bomoti1 78944313 DIABY Lalama 60 Konobougou Bomoti1 64512492 TRAORE Sahada 83 Baroueli Djiganiwere 68844436 COULIBALY Mamadou Hanet 81 Konobougou Bomoti2 79012619 DIARRA Oumar 75 Sanado Kebougou 63358743 FANE Tiema 51 Konobougou kodougouni 72272073 DIAKITE Moussa 72 Konobougou Ndjenina 78829639 SIDIBE Brehima 47 Konobougou Kodougouningabakoro 65526893 DIARRA Lamine 60 Boidie Soungola 63361870 KONANDJI Bakary 62 Konobougou Noukoula 66936080

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(b) Organisations that are involved in the project (project participants) NIMAGA Sory 49 Boidie Dotimbougou 74634724 COULIBALY Seydou 82 Sebougou Togo 66525118 DIARRA Bakary 64 Boidie Soungola 72323281 TRAORE Hamady 68 Konobougou Konobougou 74033796 COULIBALY Souleymane 57 Konobougou Wella 75273458 TRAORE Ndji 52 Konobougou Kolobo 91183263

- Zanbal SARL B.P. 9038 Bamako Mali

Zanbal SARL has five shareholders, two part-time employees and one contractor. It has signed an agreement with every family farm covering the crediting period indicating responsibilities and commitments of each party (the “sd01 – 2016 planting area agreement” is attached). Family farms commitments are: agreement covering 40 years, exclusivity with Zanbal, area borders clearly identified and easy to see, land-trees-CO2 rights owning, C02 rights passed to Zanbal, plant-protect-replace n faidherbia trees, protect old trees, trees identification, Zanbal and Gold standard people reception. Zanbal’s commitments are: land-trees-CO2 rights verification, annual report, picture of every tree taken every year during the 20 first years, payment of 1 €/tree/year during the first 20 years to the family farm (20 €/tree), certification process management and financing, sales. After 20 years, faidherbia trees bring fertility to the field (10 kg of grain more per tree per year) and pods (10 kg per year) for ruminants (economical interest to protect them). Malian law N°95-004 (supporting document “sd 02 - loi mali protection foret”) dated December 1994 protects 11 species including faidherbia (cutting forbidden including branch cutting).

(c) Target smallholder groups that will be invited to participate Our global target is smallholders that can get the maximum benefit using Faidherbia albida. A report that we add as supporting document, “sd03 - report dufumier systemes agricoles mali”, presents (page 35-36) the North of the cotton area of Mali as a strip 180 km wide from Konobougou to Yangasso, with high population density and less and less area for ruminants (that bring fertility). He recommends to find solutions to increase Acacia albida (= Faidherbia albida) density in the fields. We targeted at the beginning smallholders from Konobougou and Yangasso and also Tigui and Bla that are located in the same strip, in the road from Konobougou to Yangasso via Segou. We met local authorities (Prefects, Sub-Prefects, Mayors) and asked for advices. They lead us to farmers potentially interested. Then farmers presented us other farmers. We experienced successes after a few years in Konobougou and Tigui, and failures in Bla and Yangasso. Konobougou and Tigui being located in the same county (Baroueli), we decided to concentrate our activities in Baroueli county. So Baroueli smallholders are our target. Only one project is located outside the county, in Segou county (township Sebougou, village Togo), at 50 km from Tigui. The farmer showed such an interest in agroforestry with faidherbia (faidherbia is the emblem of Segou) that we decided to accept. A report on carbon sequestration potential involving faidherbia was lead in its village, Togo. We add this report as a supporting document (“sd04 - report takimoto agroforestry carbon sequestration mali”).

(d) Location of the project area Country : Mali. Region : Segou. Segou region is located in the center part of Malian Republic, between 12°30’ and 15°30’ North latitude and between 4° and 7° West longitude. It covers 64.821 km2 (5% of the country area). Thanks to its position, it is an important transit area between North and South and between Mauritania and Burkina Faso. The region has 7 counties (“cercles”), 118 townships (“communes”) and 2,133 villages. In terms of carbon sequestration expected, 100% of the planting areas are in Segou region. 97% are in Baroueli county (in the South-West corner of the region, towards Bamako), 3% in Segou county (township Sebougou, village Togo). Among the 97% of Baroueli county, 66% are in Konobougou township, 17% in Baroueli township (villages Tigui

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(d) Location of the project area 12% and Djiganiwere 5%), 10% in Boidie (villages Soungola and Dotimbougou), 4% in Sanado. In Baroueli county (supporting document “sd05a - psa_baroueli”), the relief is of lateritic, sandy plains. The circle has a tropical dry climate type Sahelian north. Temperatures are high; the annual average is around 28 °. Rainfall is poorly distributed in time and space with 500 to 700mm per year. The harmattan dominates during the dry season, the monsoon blows during the rainy season. This climate requires crop adaptation to a very short growing season and also cultural techniques that are appropriate. The vegetation consists of trees and shrubs deteriorating year by year with the disappearance of some species because of drought, soil erosion, particularly due to human activity. The dominant species are: shea, balanzan (the species we use, Faidherbia albida in latin), the kapok trees, thorny. The grass cover is deteriorating more and more because of overgrazing. Many herbs are disappearing. Sebougou township, close to Segou, has similar physical conditions with a climate a little bit drier.

(e) Size of the project area Projet area: 89 ha. Planting area: 78 ha. Eligible planting area: 89 ha.

(f) Risk of change to the project area (during the crediting period) Project areas are located inside or very close to the villages and fields are under permanent control by family farms. Family farms own the fields under the authority of the Chiefs of the villages (customary rights). Nobody is displaced due to project activities. There is no infrastructure project planned under project areas. That’s why we assess there is absolutely no risk of change to the project area. The project owner intends to submit new areas for certification when the project will grow.

(g) Risk of change to the project activities (during the crediting period) Project activities have been designed together with family farms for 8 years. We don’t expect any change during the crediting period, although we plan to do our best to improve trees growth (bibliographical research, expert consultation), in accordance with the Gold Standard A/R Requirements.

(h) Timeframe for the project activities The crediting period is 40 years. 4.400 trees are planted at the beginning of 2016. Fences have been established around every planting areas or individual trees. Family farms will have to replace every missing tree and to consolidate every inefficient fence every year while the trees have not reached 1.50 m tall (approximately 10 years from 2016). The project owner will take a picture of every tree during the first 20 years and pay to family farms 1 €/tree/year during the first 20 years of successful development of the trees.

(i) Number of (predicted) CO2-certificates 5 969

(j) Land-use history and current situation of the project area Among the 31 planting areas, 30 are located on cultivated fields that have not been forest for at least 10 years prior to the planting start. The 31st, AAA02 plot, was planted with Eucalyptus for wood production (used for construction). When Modi

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(j) Land-use history and current situation of the project area DIA, the Chief of the family farm, died, his successor, Mahamadou DIA, decided to stop with Eucalyptus and cut them (a few stems regrew). After that, we signed an agreement with him. The 31 fields corresponding to 89 ha had a total of 349 existing trees and shrubs at the planting start (4 trees per hectare). They are producing mainly millet, sorghum, groundnut and cotton, often achieving around 600 kg of yield per hectare.

(k) Socio-economic history and current situation The planting areas are located in the South of Segou region, mainly in Baroueli county (97%). For the only planting area located outside Baroueli, the situation is very similar, with a bigger influence of Segou town (important trading place, human density) that is very close. Baroueli county represented 193 026 people in 2006, mainly composed by Bambaras, Peulhs, Miniankas, Somonos and Sarakolés. Islam is the main religion. All these populations are agro-pastoral. Agriculture: the population of Baroueli produces millet, rice, sorghum, maize, as food crops, and groundnut, cotton and watermelon as cash crops. Gardening and small businesses operated by women represent a significant part of the economy of the county. Cereal production of the county was 168 871 tonnes (campaign 2007/2008, Regional Directorate of Agriculture), including 47 024 tons of millet, 32 050 tons of sorghum, 4 319 tons of corn, 480 tons of fonio and 1 125 tons of rice. Livestock: in 2006, 114 700 cows, 213 950 goats and 181 940 sheeps were inventoried in the county. Trade: grain, livestock, poultry and legumes trades are flourishing. Craft: dyeing, blacksmithing, carpentry, basketry and weaving are the main crafts. The lack of training and supervision of the craftsmen is a wound in the development of the sector. Transport and communication: the county is crossed by the national road No. 6. National TV, Radio Mali and Segou ORTM ensure media coverage. Local Radio called proximity are almost nonexistent.

(l) Forest management applied (past and future) Trees remaining in the fields (4 per hectare on average), mainly shea, were protected by planters and used for shea butter production. The contract between the project owner and the family farm prevents the cut of trees existing at the planting start. The species planted (Faidherbia albida) is protected by the law in Mali (cut, even of a branch, forbidden).

(m) Forest characteristics (including main tree species planted) The only tree species planted is Faidherbia albida, 56 trees planted per hectare on average. The existing trees and shrubs at the planting start were 4 per hectare on average. This density allows a good fertilization by the trees, without generating too many constraints for agricultural work.

(n) Main social impacts (risks and benefits) An important social impact is that farmers exchange formally (two associations of planters have been created around the project) and informally about the benefit of trees, especially Faidherbia albida, to protect and increase soil fertility and profitability of farms. Before the project, the added value of the planting areas was less than € 150 per hectare according to supporting document “sd 03 – report dufumier systemes agricoles mali”. Family farms plants on average around 50 new trees per hectare, without any decrease of production (low yield of 600 kg per hectare, low density of grain).

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(n) Main social impacts (risks and benefits) During the first twenty years of effective growth of the trees, family farms receive 1 €/tree/year from the project. That’s around € 50 per hectare. The added value is increased by around 33%. After 20 years, the agronomic impact expected is a yield increased by 100% (supporting document “sd00 – faidherbia albida”) and to produce 10 kg of pods per tree (around 500 kg per hectare) to feed animals.

(o) Main environmental impacts (risks and benefits) The main environmental impacts (supporting socument “sd 00 – faidherbia albida”) are after 20 years of effective growth: shadow and pods (500 kg per hectare) during the dry season attracting ruminants that leave dejection, 2 500 to 5 000 kg of leaves falling every year to the soil representing 125 kg of N, 300 kg of K and 4 kg of P. Organic matter should increase in the soil by 5 ton per hectare, pH should be increased by 0.1 to 0.3. It is questionable whether new trees are affecting underground water as they are also expected to increase rains. Science is not already clear on this topic. The size of our project (4.400 trees) makes us assess that the risk is very low.

(p) Distribution of revenues (between the project owner and the smallholders) Trees sequestration is sold by Zanbal SARL currently at 40 €/tree: every tree removing 1tCO2e from the atmosphere, it’s expensive (40 €/tCO2e). We have sold before the end of 2015 3,392 trees sequestration to 66 customers, including Pierre Fabre. www.pierre-fabre.com (turnover > € 2 billions) bought 2.087 trees sequestrations in the last 4 years for their product http://www.ducray.com/fr-fr/actualites/zanbal-et-le-shampooing-extra-doux and are ordering more than 600 trees for 2016 if Gold standard certification is acquired. We hope convincing them to use Zanbal services for the whole Ducray brand and for the whole Pierre Fabre Group. In 2016, we plan to sell 700 trees. Our “sd06a - business plan” (attached) is to increase our sales by 10% per year from 2016 to 2037 (conservative approach taking into account certification added value to find customers). The number of trees sequestration and tCO2e sold would be 54,000 for 2.4 M€ of turnover. 1.1 M€ would be paid to family farms, 0.5 M € would finance Zanbal SARL activities in Mali, 0.3 M€ would finance taking pictures of trees and 0.2 would finance the Gold standard certification.

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2. Shapefiles

(a) Project area Supporting document “sd07 – project area shapefile”

(b) Planting areas idem Project area

(c) Eligible planting area idem Project area

(d) Modelling Units 1 : the project area

(e) Infrastructure (roads, houses, etc.) nil

(f) Water bodies nil

(g) Sites with special significance for indigenous people and local communities - resulting from the Local Stakeholder Consultation (LSC) nil

(h) Where indigenous people and local communities are situated nil

(i) Where indigenous people and local communities have legal rights, customary rights or sites with special cultural, ecological, economic, religious or spiritual significance nil

3. The project owner shall have a digital map with the location of all project areas. These maps shall contain for every participating smallholder (a) one GPS point, OR (b) one polygon (reflecting the boundaries of the individual area).

(a) one GPS point, OR option (b) chosen

(b) one polygon (reflecting the boundaries of the individual area). We add 3 supporting documents :

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(b) one polygon (reflecting the boundaries of the individual area). - file “sd08 – smallholders project area” is a file connecting smallholders involved and the 31 project area codes - file “sd09 – project areas shp of each parcel” - folder “sd10 – project areas kmz of each smallholder”

4. Each smallholder participating in the project shall (a) know during any field visit what area of his field is part of the project activity (project area), AND (b) have a hand-drawn (or digital) map of this area that contains the size of his land and/or the number of trees.

(a) know during any field visit what area of his field is part of the project activity (project area), AND A point of our agreement with family farms is that limits of the project area are clearly distinguishable in the field.

(b) have a hand-drawn (or digital) map of this area that contains the size of his land and/or the number of trees. We attach a folder “sd11 – printed project areas of each smallholder“. Each smallholder will present this map during any field visit. The number of trees is given in “sd08 – smallholders project areas”. Each smallholder will present our agreement indicating the number of trees during any filed visit.

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