One component of the Mantadia Corridor project, the Madagascar Ministry of the Enviornment and its partners reforested just over 3,000 ha, creating a forest corridor to link fragmented habitats between the Analamazaotra Special Indri Lemur Reserve, the Maromizaha Private Forest and Mantadia National Park complex in east-central Madagascar. These parks are at the core of the remaining fragments of the Malagasy rainforest, are extremely rich in terms of biodiversity, and continue to be severely deforested. The reforestation component of the project is an innovative attempt to mimic natural forests, by planting over 80 different indigenous species. The project will also establish wood and fruit gardens, providing alternative livelihoods to local communities in the project area. Habitat restoration and reforestation is expected to produce 800,000 tCO2e of emissions reductions.*

Working closely with the Madagascar government, local communities, and other partners, the Mantadia Corridor Initiative is helping protect more than 425,000 hectares of healthy rain forest through the creation of a sustainable use protected area, reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). As such, the project will generate an estimated minimum of 10 million tCO₂e of emission reductions from REDD over 30 years.

*Currently a contract is in discussion between the government of Madagascar and the World Bank BioCarbon Fund for the purchase 600,000 tCO₂e of VERs from the REDD component of the project. This project will be one of the first REDD initiatives in Africa. A REDD Methodology developed by the BioCF will be adopted by the project and the credits generated by the REDD component can be marketed in the voluntary market.