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

Chapter 2: VCM project types and standards
• How will the forestry activity affect plants and animals in the
area?
Keep the impact on biodiversity in mind. In order to be verified
for the VCM, a forestry VCM project must prove that negative
impacts are minimized and are properly addressed.
• What equipment and services will be needed?
Think about what equipment will be needed for planting,
cultivating and managing the project area and how to acquire
it.
• What goods and services will need to be provided by the
project area, to meet the needs of local people and other
stakeholders?
Assess the needs of local people for forest products and
services and the potential of the project area to deliver them.
Box 4: ARR case study: CO 2
OL biodiversity reforestation
Kon Tum, Viet Nam
This project aims to re-create a mixed species native forest on 1 500
ha of remote uplands in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam; an area
which suffered severe ecological damage during conflict in the 1960s
and 70s. Because the area has been classified as forest within the last
fifty years, the project is classified as reforestation, not afforestation.
Planting began in 2009, creating about fifty jobs for the local
community. The plantations will be managed purely for conservation,
not for commercial production, and will serve important environmental
functions as biodiversity corridors and watershed protection.
CO 2
OL is a German company that manages the project in partnership
with the local State Forest Enterprise (SFE). Technical support is
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