Project Summary
The GMT Restoration & Conservation Project in North Sumatra (001-OxC) is the inaugural blue carbon conservation project launched under the OxCarbon Standard. Situated in North Sumatra, 001-OxC aims to conserve and regenerate coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests and marine coastal areas. 001-OxC is paving the way for the next-generation science-based approach to scalable blue carbon management in SouthEast Asia.
We partner with Marex Asia and our sister enterprise at Handprint Tech to purchase and retire OxCarbon certified blue carbon credits and provide proof of retirement while creating social and biodiversity co-benefits.
Mangroves are highly effective carbon sequestration technologies and provide significant co-benefits (avoiding coastal erosion, giving green shields for coastal communities, anchoring lattices for fisheries and supporting local livelihoods). In Asia especially, they are subject to much higher deforestation rates than other forests in the world, putting billions of tons of stored CO2 at risk of being unleashed.
Project Map
Pangkalan Siata
Halaban
Salahaji
Pulau Kampai
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Village
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Project Area
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Salahaji
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255.50
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Halaban
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247.52
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Pulau Kampai
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1,001.37
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Pangkalan Siata
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801.21
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Total
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2305.6
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Project Goals & Objectives
001-OxC is developing coastal mangrove forests on the East coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, of which there are two types: protected and productive forests.
The core purpose of the project is the effective conservation of one of the last remaining contiguous mangrove ecosystems in North Sumatra, a region of intensive degradation and deforestation of coastal forests over the last decade.
In addition to implementing, sustaining, and fortifying social programs, the project serves as the vanguard application of the KACSAT space-based monitoring engine and the OxCarbon Standard.
Environmental Benefits
- Generating direct emissions reductions via new removals of atmospheric carbon
- Contributing to global climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Protect coastal communities from extreme weather events, coastal erosion, and land loss
- Mangrove roots act as a filtration system and capture silt preventing siltation in seagrass meadows
Community benefits
- Long-term job growth and skill-building in coastal communities
- Support to women: 70% of wages paid out through GMT will go to women, with additional funding to support sustained initiatives in women’s livelihoods programs.
- Value-added livelihoods and new revenue streams (e.g. remote sensing data analysis, project management, silvo-fisheries)
- Fight coastal erosion and land loss, underpinning economic development of coastal areas
1 NO POVERTY
Mangrove forestry conservation provides local communities with long and stable jobs
2 ZERO HUNGER
Mangroves support reappearance of game for subsistence hunting and lower the salinity of coastal waters which increases local fish stocks.
4 Quality education
The project commits to providing training to communities by skilled forest instructors and biologists
5 Gender equality
Women form a majority of the workforce at Yagasu and are a driving force behind the nurseries
8 Decent work and economic growth
People working at the nurseries and forest rangers are well paid, supporting local economic development
10 Reduced inequalities
By supporting regeneration in rural areas, we reduce inequalities and create economic opportunities outside richer urbanised regions
11 Sustainable cities and communities
Well-maintained mangrove forests, cultivation of aquaculture, fishing, and honey, support sustainable communities.
12 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
Fair co-benefit agreements are in place with the communities to ensure they reap financial rewards
13 Climate Action
001-OxC seeks a transition from climate impacts via avoided deforestation to active removals over its project lifetime
14 Life below water
Mangrove roots filter pollution from the seas and present an ideal location for sea-life to reproduce and thrive
15 Life on land
The entire food chain is present in well-kept mangrove forests, from plant eaters to smaller / larger predators, and varied bird life
17 partnership for the goals
We obtained all permissions from governing bodies, including SRN registration, to conduct forest conservation activities
Documents
001-OxC Project Dossier V1.5
Marex White Paper
Activity Log 2021 – 2022
Statement of Findings for Feasibility Study
Statement of Findings – SDG Impacts – 001-OxC
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