Trees for Global Benefits,
Uganda
Lead by Pauline Nantongo Kaluna, winner of the UN SEED Global Award, the project provides long term support to African small holder farmers to expand agro forestry and carbon sequestration on their own land.
C Level Carbon Balanced projects are all verified under the global Plan Vivo Standard, the world's original community carbon standard.
PROJECT STATUS:
STATUS:
VISION : LIVE : SCALING
- 100%
FOUNDERS:
Pauline Nantongo Kalunda
PARTNER:
Ecotrust
SUPPORTERS:
C Level, Wasafiri
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PROJECT overview
Trees For Global Benefits (TGB) is a long established award winning cooperative carbon offsetting project in Uganda. It links small scale landholding farmers to the voluntary carbon market.
Ecosystems and carbon sequestration are enhanced as farmers are rewarded for indigenous tree planting and the protection of wildlife corridors. Through agro forestry and long term payments for carbon, rural farming families achieve heightened income stability as well as greater food and fuel security. This is a well established project, based on an inspirational vision that has already scaled considerably.
united nations seed award
Trees for Global Benefit holds the UN SEED Award for being an exceptional social and environmental enterprise.
“The award recognizes TGB’s achievements in innovation and entrepreneurship so far, its promising efforts to promote economic growth, social development and environmental protection in Uganda, and not least the potential of its partnership to inspire others”
The Challenge
Land use by farmers
As extreme weather events and heightened seasonal variations become more commonplace, the challenge is to reduce vulnerability from drought, flood and landslide risks that threaten life and livelihood. The challenge is to make it viable for farmers to restore, not destroy forests.
Ecosystem connectivity
Wildlife corridors are being lost as tree cover is removed adjacent to protected forest areas. Rejuvenation of natural forest cover and corridors supports soil conservation binding and ecosystem connectivity.
Community food, fuel, and income security
Communities are threatened with food, fuel, and income insecurity as deforestation undermines the resilience of social and ecological systems. Communities need to be supported in pursuing eco-conscious farming.
Project Impact
Hectares of land
Tonnes CO2
In terms of CO2 sequestration, TGB is one of Plan Vivo’s biggest projects to date, having achieved CO2 benefits of over 2 million tonnes since inception in 2003.
Smallholder Families
Total payments made
seedlings distributed
communities supported
C Level projects are all verified under the global Plan Vivo Standard, the world’s original community carbon standard.
What people say
“The project has given us the knowledge and understanding to take care of the environment the way it should be done. Planting trees has changed my life. We can now pay the school fees and we are connected with people around the world”
Beatrice Tibamwenda Rubirizi, Uganda