SEKEM Tree Project
SEKEM describes this as the first Gold Standard certified project in Egypt and the Middle East: a desert-reclamation afforestation project on 11.7 hectares of its Wahat El-Bahareyya farm. It targeted planting 100,000 trees by 2020 and claims 2,000 certificates for 2,000 tonnes of sequestered CO2.
ProponentSEKEM
StandardGold Standard
StatusActive
LocationWahat El-Bahareyya farm, 370 km southwest of Cairo, EgyptWahat El-Bahareyya farm, 370 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt
EcosystemForestsDesert reclamation afforestation
Inside the project
The project is a small, single-farm undertaking rather than a landscape-scale one.
SEKEM describes the project as certified under the Gold Standard's Gold Standard Certified Design track, registry ID 4894.
11.7 ha
Area reserved for the project
100,000
Trees targeted by 2020
2,000 t CO2
Sequestration claimed via certificates
Objectives
- Plant 100,000 trees on reclaimed desert land by 2020
- Sequester CO2 under Gold Standard certification
Approach
- Trees are planted on reclaimed desert farmland, with sequestration claimed and certified under the Gold Standard.
Registry
- Gold Standard project id
- 4894
- Issued
- 0
- Retired
- 0
- Remaining
- 0
- Buffer pool deposits
- 0
- Status
- Gold Standard Certified Design