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

List of Figures
Figure 1: Generating ‘carbon benefits’ from forestry activities 5
Figure 2: The world’s forests 20
Figure 3: Forest carbon cycle 22
Figure 4: Forest carbon pools 23
Figure 5: Historical volumes of land-use credits traded 44
by project activity
Figure 6: Verification standards market share 2010 62
Figure 7: CCB standards market share 2010 63
Figure 8: Geographic distribution of projects using the CCB Standard 68
Figure 9: Possible sources of funding 91
Figure 10: PIN contents 104
Figure 11: Steps of the forestry VCM project cycle 107
Figure 12: Handheld GPS and CyberTracker used by Kalahari Bushmen 118
Figure 13: Project Stratification 122
Figure 14: Summary of key aspects of a stakeholder consultation 132
process
Figure 15: Timeline for forecasting cash flow 147
List of Tables
Table 1: Strengths and drawbacks of the VCM 43
Table 2: Average market prices for tC0₂e, 2009-2010 47
Table 3: Comparative ‘use’ breakdown of forestry VCM standards. 76
Table 4: Forestry VCM projects registered with the main standards 76
Table 5: Which carbon pools should be monitored in VCS projects? 127
Table 6: Internal risks 143
Table 7: External risks 144
Table 8: Natural risks 145
Table 9: Sources of information 161
Table 10: Contacts – forest management standards 166
Table 11: Contacts – Technical Help from NGOs 168
Table 12: Contacts – Carbon Project Developers 169
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