Gold Standard Certification Support of a Reforestation Project

Tajikistan’s few remaining forests are subject to severe deforestation and forest degradation. Since 2009 GIZ is supporting the local forest management enterprise (LSFE) in Gorno-Badakhshan Province in implementing a community-based joint forest management project on 2,000 ha of riparian forest. This project serves as a pilot to support Tajikistan’s national forest sector reform process. Within the project, afforestation/reforestation and improved forest management activities are implemented and the related carbon benefits are envisioned to be certified according to the Gold Standard (GS). UNIQUE forestry and land use was contracted to assess the feasibility for carbon credit generation of the pilot.