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

Background information
(c) BAU is unsustainable logging, project case is sustainable logging
The red line is the BAU scenario, showing fluctuating but steadily
decreasing carbon stocks as the area is repeatedly logged on an
unsustainable basis. The green line, as in (b), 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, while maintaining consistent
levels of carbon stocks over time. In both the BAU and the project case,
in this scenario, the project area retains its forest status (neither the
red or green lines fall below the blue line). 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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