April Salome Forest Management Area
The project area has previously been recognised as an exceptional biodiversity hotspot by the Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (SCS, 2011). Before becoming a carbon project, the area was planned to be cleared for logging.
The project also channels climate finance to the community via a benefit sharing agreement that provides 60% of the revenue from sale of offsets to autonomous local landowner groups, helping reduce poverty and enhance the wellbeing of local communities.
The April Salumei Working Group, formed to assist with managing the project, provides employment opportunities to the local community. The project promotes culturally inclusive, sustainable community development via a new five-year Sustainable Development Plan, agreed by locals.
Previous project activities have delivered benefits including:
- Providing over 10,000 native eaglewood trees for village areas for sustainable agriculture
- Providing 1,000 solar powered lights to community schools, health centres and families to provide affordable, sustainable energy
- Created 18 jobs for community members
- Providing funds to improve 15 local schools to help promote quality education.
Population
It is estimated that about 20,000 people are living in this area in 164 forest-dependent communities. Populated places include Nakek and Uwu.
Geography
April Salumei Forest Management Area is located in the Sepik river basin. Sepik tributary, the April river is the major river in the area.
See also
References
- ^ Colin Filer How April Salumei Became the REDD Queen. In Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives, edited by FILER COLIN, BELL JOSHUA A., and WEST PAIGE, 179-210. Australia: ANU Press, 2015.
- ^ April Salumei Rainforest Conservation project
- ^ "Rainforest Conservation | Rainforest Conservation Projects - Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM)". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Map GA 7489 Publisher: Geoscience Australia (Australian Government)
- ^ April River: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ Salumei River: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ April Salome Forest Management Area PlacesMap.net
- ^ "CCB Standards |CCBA". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Trendafilova, Petya (2024-06-18). "A New Development Plan For Rainforest Project To Provide Long-Term Community Benefits". Carbon Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ Gregory, Donna. "Sustainable Development Plan Launched for Papua New Guinea's Largest Rainforest Conservation Project". www.environmentenergyleader.com/. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ April Salome
- ^ Nakek: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ Uwu: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA