Native revegetation & agroforestry, South Africa
This project is under development and not ready for investment.
Intervention
Grassland Regeneration
Location
South Africa
Credit Type
Sequestration
Standards
Verra, CCB
Methodology
VM0042
Volume
Avg. 6 000 tonnes of CO2 / year for 25 years
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Project information
Assisted Regeneration and Native Reforestation
The project is restoring more than 800 ha of degraded land by replacing alien invasive species with the traditional native Afrotemperate Forests and Fynbos species, besides planting an 80 ha regenerative macadamia orchard.
The project is therefore restoring the historic beauty and biodiversity of the area, while also creating more jobs and promoting innovative sustainable farming practices that respect and promote ecosystem services and climate resilience.
Sustainable Goals
Project Benefits
Why this project?
The initiative will: stabilize yields for farmers - Increase localised rainfall events & water retention - Deliver pollination services to the crops - improve soil quality - Increase climate and pest resilience of crops - increased nutrient content and quality of food
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Good for Earth
These lands were historically covered by Afrotemperate forests and Fybnos (still present in the nearby Gouna and Garden Route National Parks) but they have been almost completely cleared of native vegetation, abandoned, and are now overgrown with alien invasive species that are one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss in South Africa. The project aims to revert this trend and restore these threatened ecosystems.
Two-thirds of the region’s 9000 plant species are found nowhere else on earth, and no less than 2000 of these species are threatened with extinction by invasives. 8% of total RSA land and the majority of the first project area was initially covered in alien invasive species (mostly pine), while 27 plant species are found In 1 m2 of Fynbos, and 20 plant species per hectare in afrotemperate forest.
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Positive for People
Besides increasing the availability, diversity and quality of labor by hiring locally for all project operations, the project aims to collaborate with local groups and NGOs on community-led projects and education, besides delivering ecosystem services such as pollination, food and water security and quality, and climate resilience. Even if the land is privately owned, the project is taking all measures to actively include the people living near the project area in project planning and implementation.
Low-risk & short timelines
The project is restoring more than 800 ha of degraded land by replacing alien invasive species with the traditional native Afrotemperate Forests and Fynbos species, besides planting an 80 ha regenerative macadamia orchard. The project is therefore restoring the historic beauty and biodiversity of the area, while also creating more jobs and promoting innovative sustainable farming practices that respect and promote ecosystem services and climate resilience.