Table 1. Project Activities with Potential Adverse Environmental or Social Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures Project Target Adverse Adverse Social Mitigation measures Areas, Potential Environmental Impacts Activities Impacts Farm performance Increased human Increased human Through a participatory process, COMACO will work with traditional through conservation immigration into area immigration into authorities and communities (including COMACO farmers) to develop a farming and CSA leads to increase in area leads to Community Conservation Plan (CCP) for each chiefdom participating in the results in increased human disturbances, compliant farming Project. The CCP is a vision for land use will become the basis for the Chief yields to achieve food loss of trees and practices and other and his/her Headmen/Headwomen to communicate to all subjects the security and increases habitat in project harmful practices, importance of conservation to sustain a better future from their natural farmer income and area. such as poaching resources. The CCP will also provide the basis for reducing risks of unplanned welfare by linking and settlements and destructive uses of the land and resources that could deplete this market incentives to Households chiefdom of its natural resources. the adoption of with surplus income Chiefs and village headmen will consult a settlement policy to provide practices that reduce may choose to guidelines/criteria that conform with CCP when granting consent to issue land forest loss, habitat invest in harmful parcels to families. loss and poaching. practices-e.g. charcoal making, The CCP will be endorsed by the his subjects through a participatory bushmeat process, as well as district-level officials in the Forestry Department. The CCP forms the basis of payment-for-performance for REDD+ generated emission reductions on a community-wide basis-therefore communities are incentivized to work with each other to achieve compliance with the CCP. Each CCP consists of three key sections: 1.Community Conservation Areas (Zoning); 2. General land and natural resource management needs and responsibilities; 3. Conservation plan governance.
Table 1. Project Activities with Potential Adverse Environmental or Social Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures Project Target Areas, Potential Activities Adverse Environmental Impacts Adverse Social Impacts Mitigation measures Farm performance through conservation farming and CSA results in increased yields to achieve food security and increases farmer income and welfare by linking market incentives to the adoption of practices that reduce forest loss, habitat loss and poaching. Increased human immigration into area leads to increase in human disturbances, loss of trees and habitat in project area. Increased human immigration into area leads to farming practices and other harmful practices, such as poaching and Households with surplus income may choose to invest in harmful practices-e.g. charcoal making, bushmeat Through a participatory process, COMACO will work with traditional authorities and communities (including COMACO farmers) to develop a Community Conservation Plan (CCP) for each chiefdom participating in the Project. The CCP is a vision for land use will become the basis for the Chief and his/her Headmen/Headwomen to communicate to all subjects the importance of conservation to sustain a better future from their natural resources. The CCP will also provide the basis for reducing risks of unplanned settlements and destructive uses of the land and resources that could deplete this chiefdom of its natural resources. Chiefs and village headmen will consult a settlement policy to provide guidelines/criteria that conform with CCP when granting consent to issue land parcels to families. The CCP will be endorsed by the his subjects through a participatory process, as well as district-level officials in the Forestry Department. The CCP forms the basis of payment-for-performance for REDD+ generated emission reductions on a community-wide basis-therefore communities are incentivized to work with each other to achieve compliance with the CCP. Each CCP consists of three key sections: 1.Community Conservation Areas (Zoning); 2. General land and natural resource management needs and responsibilities; 3. Conservation plan governance. compliant
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