Started in 1994 and receiving initial USAID funding in collaboration with the Uganda Wildlife Foundation (UWA) the objectives of this carbon project were to implement forestry regeneration in the Mt. Elgon and Kibale National Parks, through the planting of twenty native tree species. Although these are as yet unverified by the CDM board(the projects have submitted PDDs) and are currently transacted under the Voluntary Carbon Standard(VCS) with Forest Stewardship Council(FSC) accreditation, the incentives created by the CDM have formed a large part of the motivation for their implementation.

Although these are as yet unverified by the CDM board (the projects have submitted PDDs) and are currently transacted under the VCS with FSC accreditation, the CDM has incentivized its implementation. The FACE (Forests Absorbing Carbon Dioxide Emission) foundation was created in 1990, as an initiative of four major Dutch electricity companies of the Dutch Electricity Generating Board. The company has two projects at Kibale national park and at Mount Elgon National Park. Both have had particularly turbulent project histories including human rights abuses which have marred their implementation processes. The Mt Elgon project involves the planting of20 native tree species over a total area of 27 000 ha, sequestering 700 000 tCO2Fe over its 17 year tenure. In 1992 and 1993, forest dwellers and peasants evicted, under the World Banks Forestry Rehabilitation Project, co-financed by the EU, followed by evictions in 2002.