Seeking financial partnership
- 661 hectares of rainforest legally protected in the Kira Protected Area
- 9,500 carbon credits to be generated each year.
- 350 community members working towards establishing a forest carbon project.
Kira landowners are working in partnership with local NGO Mai-Ma’asina Green Belt and Nakau. They have received some initial financial support from Save the Children Global Ventures through Climate Resilient by Nature for 2024–2025 — a DFAT initiative in collaboration with WWF-Australia.
Now, the community and project developers are seeking new partners and supporters to help the Kira Carbon Project reach verification stage.
In the East Are’Are region of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, customary landowners from the Kira Tribe have a mission — to protect more than 600 hectares of tropical rainforest from logging.
Malaita is a hot spot for logging operations in Solomon Islands and with the promise of much-needed income, many landowners are under pressure to follow this path.
Kira landowners — who are from the Haohaota and Haoporo Clans — were on track to develop logging operations, and had submitted a logging licence application when forest carbon emerged as an opportunity for alternative income.
Now they are united in their vision to protect the forest and develop a sustainable forest conservation project.
Kira’s landowners are uniquely committed and united in their effort to protect the Kira forest and generate income for local development, and for the wellbeing, economic and climate resilience of the community. Kira's forests are an important water catchment for the region and by keeping the forests intact, they are ensuring clean water for communities and healthy marine ecosystems.
The Kira Forest Project has met rigorous eligibility criteria set by the Nakau Methodology and international carbon standards as outlined by Plan Vivo Climate. A forest inventory has been conducted and the community is ready for the next phase of carbon project development.
Kira’s ancient intact rainforest contains many unique plant and animal species, as well as sacred ancestral sites.
To preserve this valuable ecosystem and its natural resources, Kira landowners founded the Takataka Ecovillage Conservation Foundation.
Takataka means water flowing into the sea, and is named after a waterfall near the village of Masupa, where most of the customary landowners live.
