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Chapter 3: Getting started each other to learn. Some forest managers have the resources to build such a team as part of their business, by identifying members of their existing staff who have the necessary skills, and by hiring new people to fill in the gaps. But many smallholders and rural communities who manage forests do not run their forest operations as a business, and do not hire staff. They must rely on their family and community networks for help with both technical and management issues. Whether the forest in the proposed project area is being managed as a business or as a community venture, there are many specific roles that need to be filled in order to build a team for forestry VCM project development. These roles include: • Project manager: To take responsibility for decisions relating to project development and implementation, and assign roles within the project team. Management capacity is one of the general evaluation criteria for CCB Standards • Accountant: In the case of a community-managed project, both this and the management role may be taken up by members of an elected committee. • Communications officer: To liaise with external contacts, including business and legal experts. • Technical coordinator: To lead implementation of forest management activities. • Administrator: To design, implement and control reporting procedures. • Monitoring officer: To ensure the project is on target to meet its goals and objectives, to manage data and carry out internal project verification. Sometimes, one person can take on more than one role, or one role 95
Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets can be split between several different people. This all depends on the scale of the project, and the human and financial resources that are available. As activities progress and operational activities increase, the responsibilities and workload will become greater. 3.2.4 4 th step: Identify the required specialist help Many of the specialized skills required for starting a forestry VCM project are still confined to a few professionals. It is unlikely that these skills will be found within local communities. The next question then is how to secure and pay for professional help to help design and carry out the project. The following professionals will be able to provide help: • Foresters: Professional forestry services may already be available from the government or the private sector. But not all foresters have adapted their skills for the forestry VCM. To be of use to a forestry VCM project, a professional forester must be able to advise on how to adapt forest inventory procedures to take account of carbon stocks. • Project designers: Designing and writing documents for forestry VCM projects is a complicated process. A whole new profession has developed to serve it. Forestry VCM project designers must combine knowledge of carbon project methods with monitoring and evaluation of social and environmental impacts. More likely than not, help from more than one professional will be needed to complete the project design documents. • Remote sensing engineers: Forestry VCM projects need to use sophisticated monitoring techniques to keep track of changes in carbon stocks over time. ‘Remotely sensed’ data from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will likely be needed 96
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