Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon ... - FAO

Chapter 4: Project implementation: office work
4.1.1 PIN (Project Idea Note)
A good PIN is important to attract the interest of investors. It
represents the first step in the process of generating income from
the forestry VCM. This is a summary document, usually not more
than 5-6 pages long, often generated before detailed information
on the project design and potential impacts is available. A PIN is not
usually a formal request, unless the project developers are applying
for funds from large organizations (such as the World Bank or
European Commission), but it always helps to give investors an idea
of what the project developer seeks to achieve and what kind of
financial support is being pursued. The bottom line is that it needs
to cover all the basics of the project and clearly set out how it will
generate carbon credits.
An example of a completed PIN is provided in Annex 1.
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