The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program

(TIST)

4 Years - Visible Results

February 9, 2004

Present Reality: Deforested Land

Degraded Soil

Rampant Disease, Drought, and Famine

• Malaria• Cholera• Tuberculosis• HIV/AIDS• Malnutrition

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Living In Desolation - Tanzania

Living In Desolation - India

TIST Participants -- Choosing Change

TIST’s Best PracticesMake a DifferenceConfidence and Empowerment

GhG:Long Term Income

Beyond SustainableDevelopment

SmallGroups

Confidence and Empowerment

• Small Groups developed the TIST program

• Small Groups implement TIST program

• Small Groups work to change behavior

• Small Groups see visible results of efforts

• Small Groups encourage and train others

• Small Groups are changing lives

TIST Groups -- Going BeyondSustainable Development

• Small Groups develop best practices• Small Groups disseminate best practices• Small Groups invest today in:

– Reforestation– Conservation farming– Soil enrichment– Improved health, education, information, etc.

• Small Groups– Meet their needs today, AND– Improve the ability of later generations to meet theirs!

Greenhouse Gas Income

• TIST Small Group activities sequester carbon in trees and improved soil– Planting diverse tree species– Implementing conservation farming,

• TIST Quantifiers verify, measure and monitor visible results

• CAAC creates the electronic “infrastructure” • Sequestration estimates provide CO2e impact• CAAC negotiates with purchasers to deliver long

term income to Small Groups

Small Groups Prepare Nurseries

• Gather seeds from local trees

• Make seedbeds of soil and compost

• Select best methods depending on species

• Tend and water during dry season

Thousands of Seedlings

Tens of Thousands of Seedlings

Tanzanian Groups - ready to plant

Indian Groups - ready to plant

Groups - prepare land for trees

Plant and tend young trees

1 year old tree

2 year old trees

3 year old trees

Trees now line paths

Trees now shade houses

Trees now allow grass to grow

Transforming the landscape…

Back to Forest

Improving agriculture saves lives

• TIST helps improve participants’ diets..

• TIST has doubled crop yields

• A balanced diet of several small meals each day improves HIV/AIDS survival and overall health

Good Harvest = Better Diet

Better Diet = Better Health

TIST - Developing Best Practices

• Best Practices are developed by Small Groups

• Newsletters, seminars, trainings disseminate best practices

• In 4 years -- dramatic innovation and improvement

Innovation: Cattle destroy trees and ground cover

Innovation: Solutions to land tenure, infrastructure

Innovation:Solutions to Eroded Soil

Dig Holes

“Harvest Water”

So Trees and Crops

Can Grow

Innovation: TIST WebsiteTransparent, Current Information

TIST’s Best PracticesCreating Program Success

Confidence and Empowerment

GhG:Long Term Income

Beyond SustainableDevelopment

SmallGroups

Program Improvement:Benefits Dwarf GhG Value

Sustainable (Annual) Economic Benefits to the Small Groups Participating in TIST TIST Benefits Description and Measures Cash

Income or Savings

Time frame

Annual Economic

Benefit to Group Conservation farming techniques

Increased crop yield: 50 bags/group @ $9+ Both Short $450

TIST incentive payments

Direct payment:2,000 trees average @ $20/1,000 trees Income Short $40

Solar or clay oven (reduced charcoal demand)

Reduced charcoal demand: 33% savings off $36/year per participant average charcoal expense

Savings Short $120

Small Group bank accounts

Increased savings (3% interest) and community investment (1% value) on $25/group

Income Short $1

Water harvest and micro-irrigation

Dry season vegetables: 25% increase in yield Income Short $100

Bee habitats Honey produced: eight liters per hive per year at $2/liter, two hives per group

Income Short $32

Fruits and nuts Product from 2% trees are fruit/nut, each tree yields $10 annual sale (banana, papaya, $5; mango, $25)

Both Medium $400

Wood for crafts Wood sold for woodcrafts; 1% of trees mass after 10 years

Income Medium $200

Charcoal/ firewood for sale

Bags of charcoal for sale: 1% tree mass converted to charcoal after 3-5 years, 3 bags @ $3

Income Medium $9

Agroforestry benefits

Increased crop yield from nitrogen fixation, shade, windbreaks, reduced erosion, soil quality, water tables: after 4 years, 40 bags/group @$9+

Both Medium $360

Timber 1% trees into lumber after 10 years, yielding eight pieces/tree @ $1.50/piece

Income Medium $240

Program Improvement:Groups joining TIST

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Program Improvement:Declining Cost/Tree

TIST Learning Curve

Phase IV Budget30MM trees $0.25/tree

Phase I 49K trees $9.84/tree

Phase II800K trees$2.62/tree

Phase III Budget 4MM trees $0.85/tree

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Effect of GhG Income on TIST

• GhG sales = Long-Term Group Income• GhG Income allows sustainable program• TIST now a self-replicating program

– explosion in group numbers– explosion in seedlings started

• Byproduct of explosion: lower cost/tree• Lower cost/tree = lower GhG costs• CAAC Focus - “keep our promises” to SG’s

TIST4 Years

19,000 ParticipantsVisible Results

SMALL GROUPS AREN’T WAITING!

• How to support Small Group Success?– World Bank options and opportunities?– Partner options and opportunities?

• Responding to their efforts– Next steps for CAAC? – Next steps for World Bank?

• Action Items

Budget

5 Yr/10 MM Ton Strategy:

•Establish 6-10 Pilot Locations

•Work with3-5 Dow Partners

•Develop Regional Best Practices

•Prepare Replication Plans

•Develop Host Government Plan

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Replication

Operations

InitialDevelopment

Site Selection