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Ecosystem restoration and tree tracking system to estimate GEF?s contribution towards carbon credit in sierra Leone

This project will enable GEF to monitor and keep track of all the trees planted in the Sierra Leone by various CBOs, CSOs and NGOs under the SGP grant and be able to determine how much carbon credits they will in due course contribute toward ecosystem restoration efforts in the country. This project will empower Grantees with Open Data Kit (ODK) skills to collect digital information of the trees they have planted and be able to manage the information in a database, which they would create themselves. 2030 targets of the sustainable development goal 15.3 are to combat desertification and restore degraded land. This project will provide precise spatial locations of the individual trees planted in Sierra Leone in line with restoration efforts by GEF via various grantees.

The objectives of this project is to develop a tree tracking systems for GEF that can enable them to monitor and keep track of all the trees planted in the Sierra Leone by various CBOs, CSOs and NGOs and be able to determine how much carbon credits GEF has contributed towards ecosystem restoration efforts in the country. Specific objectives are to:

1. Develop an electronic questionnaire to collect data on all tree species planted
2. Create a three dimensional GIS platform to store and display tree data
3. Develop an algorithm that can be used to calculate carbon credit in due course
4. Train SGP grantees on creation and management of their own database of the tree species and be able to use it to source funding from other donors in order to meet sustainability.
Key expected results from this project will include; a geodatabase filled with records of all trees planted by GEF grantees, a map showing spatial distribution of trees planted by specie type overlaid with district and chiefdom level administrative boundary datasets, tonnes of CO2 sequestered by district and a databased of individual tree plantations.

This project will cover 23 communities in 8 districts of Sierra Leone where various species of trees have been planted. In each community, Field Data Collectors of various organisations will collect data on the tree species planted including their botanical and local names, date planted, tree height and DBH, using an electronic questionnaire uploaded on mobile devices.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Institute of Environmental Management and Quality Control

Country:

Sierra Leone

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP7 ?Y2 (Jul 21-Jun 22)

Grant Amount:

US$ 25,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 9,000.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 10,660.00

Project Number:

SLE/SGP/OP7/Y2/CORE/LD/15/10/2021/13

Start Date:

12/2021

End Date:

12/2022

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Key aspect in projects is to communicate the project at various stages of implementation, which provides the basis to assess its impact on the community. We shall continue public access to outcomes of the project through radio programs, newspapers, policy briefs, television talk shows etc., We inform the public about the activities undertaken and the impacts created to the beneficiaries. Lessons learnt are critical at this stage to ensure replicability in other areas of need. We shall organize a workshop and invite staff of other institutions offering environmental programmes and courses to share the project ideas and lessons learned. A platform for sharing knowledge by the SGP grantees will be established as an ecosystem restoration forum. This will be supported by other organisations.

Policy Impact

No, however the project will trigger communities to advocate for groups participation in the ongoing national tree planting implemented by the Ministry of Environment.

Gender Focus

The School of Environmental Sciences being thorough and all-inclusive considers gender in all facets of its activities. For instance, Mrs Mariatu Sam, a lecturer at the School of Technology, Njala, has been the resource person in teaching and demonstrating basic GIS skills in the Institute?s computer lab. She has been a huge motivation to female students in the school. This is not against the backdrop of encouraging female students to play leadership role during the whole process. We plan to include other competent female lecturers and teaching assistants in other areas of the project with time.

Capacity - Building Component

The organization is a department at Njala University with very good human resources to undertake the project.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The various SGP Grantees constitutes organizational membership that includes females. The communities where the trees are planted include indigenous people and those with disabilities. These people will also be recruited to plant trees.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

This project will introduce a digital technology to save resources associated with travelling for data submission since data collected from the field will be directly submitted to a server using an ODK mobile app. This procedure will therefore not require any travel. Any mistakes done in the field will also be identified upon submission and the Data Collector advised on what to correct before leaving the field.

Notable Community Participation

Tree planting in Sierra Leonean communities involve prior information and acceptance by stakeholders and inhabitants in the communities. At the planning stage, Stakeholders will be involved in deciding the type of tree data to collect. Communities youths will be recruited and trained to collect tree data.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

We plan to set up a resource library and Facebook page where all information (text, audios and videos) will be uploaded from time to time for public view and access. We will continue to produce and distribute fliers to the public about the activities of the project. Furthermore, we will prepare the project document and distribute the lessons learnt during Student?s thesis reviews and defense, which will attract students from other institutions and relevant stakeholders in the professional industry.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project 500

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 5

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 30

Biophysical

Hectares of degraded land rest 500

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 4500

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