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

Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets
The dotted red line is the BAU scenario; it is consistently below the
threshold value for forest (the blue line) and is therefore ‘non-forest’
land. If the carbon stock of vegetation is above the blue line, it can be
considered forest. The green line represents the normal growth rate of a
forest established under a forestry VCM project. The difference between
the baseline (red) and the green line represents the carbon benefits of
the project; carbon that is stored due to the implementation of the
project in addition to the baseline.
(b) BAU is deforestation, project case is sustainable logging
The dotted red line is the BAU scenario, showing forest cover and
deforestation at some point in time. The green line represents a
sustainable logging cycle, established as part of a forestry VCM project.
It shows fluctuating levels of carbon stocks in the project as the area
is logged, grows back, is logged again, and so forth. The difference
between the baseline (red) and the green line represents the carbon
benefits of the project; carbon that is stored due to the implementation
of the project in addition to the baseline.
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