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

Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets
Objectives of the guidelines
The overall aim of the Guidelines is to assist the groups listed above to
decide whether or not to undertake a forestry VCM project, and, once
a decision has been taken to proceed with such a project, to provide
guidance on how to design and implement a project that:
a) will benefit the community for whom it is intended;
b) mitigates climate change;
c) provides co-benefits; and
d) for which all benefits are real, measurable, long-term, and
sustainable.
The specific objectives are the following:
Objective 1: Promote knowledge and learning about the
forestry VCM.
NGO workers, extension agents, and advisors who work with local
communities can familiarize themselves with the forestry VCM project
cycle in order to build their own ability to provide good, sound advice to
their local partners.
Objective 2: Inform the decision-making process regarding
development of forestry VCM projects.
Many questions need to be answered before a well-informed decision
can be made on whether or not to start a forestry VCM project. These
guidelines address many of these questions, including:
• What kind of knowledge and skills are needed to develop a
forestry VCM project?
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