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Chapter 3: Getting started particular standard organization, the standard body usually requires that the methodology is presented in the prescribed template. A methodology typically has the following attributes: • Not site specific, but is developed to facilitate the estimation of emissions/removals of certain activities in certain circumstances; • Developed with a particular situation in mind; • Describes how estimates should be made of emissions/ removals with respect to The baseline The project case Leakage How the project activity should be monitored; • Once it has been developed and approved, it can be used by anyone thereafter; • Can be amended, pending a new validation of the methodology • Is registered, e.g. with the CDM or the VCS. Methodologies may include references to ‘tools’ that can be used, which give detailed explanations on how to execute particular activities (e.g. assessing additionality, the significance of particular carbon pools, the number of sample plots, soil and site conditions). If no existing methodology is applicable to a proposed forestry VCM project, a new methodology must be developed, otherwise a project cannot be approved under the forestry VCM. To get a methodology approved by a standard organization such as the VCS, it must be validated according to the Methodology Approval Process (MAP) which is available from the each standard organization. The validation can 109
Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets take some time, depending on the quality of submission, but a fast track process takes about 3 – 4 months and may cost up to 25 000 USD. 4.1.5 Project description The project description (PD) is an essential part of the VCS standard. The equivalent document under some other standards (e.g. CarbonFix and CDM) is called a project design document (PDD). Once an approved methodology is available, a PD or PDD can be prepared. This document – among other things – describes how the chosen methodology is applied in a particular project. Each standard issues PD/PDD templates, which are available online. Currently, the majority of new forestry VCM projects use the VCS PD template. This template is therefore used in these guidelines as the main reference (an outline of the VCS PD template is presented in Annex 2). A PD or PDD should include: • Background details: What the project is, including project duration, location, project proponents and other essential information. • Methodology definition: Which methodology it uses and why, its application to the project activities, baseline scenario data and additionality assessment. • Monitoring outline: How monitoring will be done, including a review of the monitoring process and how the project area will be divided up. • GHG emission reductions: How GHG emission reductions and removals are calculated, and estimates of these reductions and removals under different scenarios. 110
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