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Chapter 3: Getting started £ Land ownership rights/land tenure £ National taxes on carbon transactions £ Contract law If the government does NOT have clear and supportive policies regarding the above, the policy context may not be conducive to implementing a forestry VCM project. Likewise, if there is significant political instability, then investors may be unwilling to accept the risks of supporting projects in the country. To ascertain whether such risks are manageable, additional questions may be asked, including: £ Do government officials have sufficient authority, and technical capability, to promptly clarify legal and policy questions relating to carbon transactions? £ Is the current government inclined to provide such clarity? £ Is current (and likely future) policy and legislation on environmental services and/or the role of forests conducive to the development of forestry VCM projects? Depending on the answers to these questions, the risk of national policy and legislation undermining the viability of the project may be either acceptable or unacceptable to investors. 3.1.4 On-the-ground partners A forestry VCM project cannot be implemented successfully without reliable local partners. It is therefore wise to assess whether prospective partners have the necessary institutional capacity to oversee complex projects. Such an assessment should cover the following issues: 83
Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets £ Alignment of interests, goals, and land management strategy, i.e. will local partners and land owners agree to manage land according to a projected plan or will they conduct practices that could undermine the project? £ Record-keeping skills £ £ £ Financial management systems: are they transparent and have they been in operation for several years? Have recent flows of funds into the community yielded visible, material results (e.g., schools/clinics built, people trained, businesses expanded through loans, etc.)? Evidence of constructive and cordial inter- and intracommunity relations £ Strong landowner outreach programs £ Well-established stakeholder engagement skills £ £ £ Experience with ecological monitoring and tracking systems Constructive relations with government agencies and experience of negotiating project establishment and implementation with public authorities Legal rights of local partners to work in the field of forestry VCM and PES Prospective local partners must demonstrate these competencies if they are to be expected to take on a major role in development of a forestry VCM project. Lack of such a suitable partner will be a serious barrier to success because external agencies (whether national or international, government or non-government) will struggle to build the long-term, strong relationships with local people that are essential for the success of community-oriented projects. 84
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