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Introduction to the guidelines • Which different groups need to be involved, and what are their roles and responsibilities? • What risks, challenges, and barriers may occur when undertaking a forestry VCM project? It should be noted here that a favourable legal and policy environment is a prerequisite for a successful forestry VCM project. If a country does not permit any trade in carbon credits, for example, then communitylevel guidelines such as this will be of little use. This is addressed further in the ‘Getting Started’ checklists in Chapter 3. Objective 3: Describe the steps of the forestry VCM project cycle. All project stakeholders benefit from learning about the entire forestry VCM project cycle, from start to finish, so that they can understand how their specific role will affect particular aspects of the project. These are some of the steps that will be discussed in later chapters. • Preparing the community; • Designing the project; • Fieldwork; • Verifying the project’s outcomes; • Managing risks; and • Marketing carbon credits. Step-by-step guidelines These step-by-step guidelines, grouped into chapters, have been designed to take the reader through the most critical issues facing potential project developers regarding engagement with the forestry VCM: 15
Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets Chapter 1: Forests and climate change Forests play a very important role in the global carbon cycle, because they can both be sources of emissions as well as carbon sinks. This chapter explains the relationship between forests and climate change, discusses the impacts of climate change on forest health, and introduces the six important forest carbon pools. It also considers the benefits that forests provide in addition to climate change mitigation. Pre-project phase Chapter 2: Project types and standards The forestry VCM includes several different project types, which can be assessed against a number of different standards. This chapter reviews the four main standards used in the forestry VCM. It also presents a number of case studies: afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR); Improved Forest Management (IFM); and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Chapter 3: Getting Started This chapter serves as a guide through the pre-feasibility phase. It provides an assessment checklist and reflects on the skills that will be needed to implement a forestry VCM project. Project phase Chapter 4: Project implementation: office work This chapter identifies the paperwork associated with setting up a sound forestry project for the VCM. It describes what a Project Idea Note (PIN) should contain, and what documents have to be elaborated during each step in the project cycle. This includes the preparation of a Methodology, a Project Description (PD) or Project Design Document 16
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