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Title and Version
Number
10. Procedures to
demonstrate
the eligibility
of lands for A/R
CDM project
activities –
Version 1 [EB35,
Annex 18]
11. Calculation of
GHG emissions
due to leakage
from increased
use of nonrenewable
woody biomass
attributable to
an A/R CDM
project activity –
Version 1 [EB39,
Annex 11]
12. Tool for
estimation of
carbon stocks,
removals and
emissions
for the dead
organic matter
pools due to
implementation
of a CDM A/R
project activity –
Version 1 [EB41,
Annex 14]
Procedure
Scope
Applicability
Parameter(s) to
be determined
Scope
Applicability
Parameter(s) to
be determined
Scope, Applicability and Parameters
Project participants shall provide evidence that the land within the planned
project boundary is eligible for an A/R CDM project activity by following the steps
outlined below.
• Demonstrate that the land at the moment the project starts does not contain
forest by providing transparent information:
- Vegetation on the land is below the forest thresholds adopted for the
definition of forest by the host country under decisions 16/CMP.1 and 5/
CMP.1 as communicated by the respective DNA; and
- All young natural stands and all plantations on the land are not expected
to reach the minimum crown cover and minimum height chosen by the
host country to define forest; and
- The land is not temporarily unstocked, as a result of human intervention
such as harvesting or natural causes.
• Demonstrate that the activity is a reforestation or afforestation project activity:
- For reforestation project activities, demonstrate that the land was not forest
by demonstrating that the conditions outlined above also applied to the
land on 31 December 1989.
- For afforestation project activities, demonstrate that for at least 50 years
vegetation on the land has been below the thresholds adopted by the host
country for definition of forest.
This tool allows for estimation of the increase in GHG emissions due to leakage,
resulting from an increased use of non-renewable woody biomass from sources
outside the project boundary, attributable to an A/R CDM project activity.
• This tool is applicable for estimating the increase in GHG emissions caused
by increased use of non-renewable woody biomass sourced from outside the
project boundary as part of an A/R CDM project activity.
• This tool shall be applied whenever implementation of an A/R CDM project
activity is expected to cause an increase, over its use in the baseline, of nonrenewable
woody biomass sourced from outside the project boundary.
• This tool applies the most recent definition of renewable biomass as approved
by the EB (available at ).
• Leakage from the increase in woody biomass that comes from nonrenewable
sources, due to project implementation in year y (tCO 2 ) [LK NRB,y ]
This tool can be used to estimate the carbon stocks, removals and emissions
for the dead organic matter pools—the dead-wood and litter pools—within the
boundary of a CDM A/R project activity. The tool considers carbon stocks and
changes in:
• Dead organic matter (DOM) existing within the project boundary at the time
an A/R project commences—the “existing DOM”;
• Dead organic matter that results from establishment of forest within the
project boundary as part of A/R project activities —the “project DOM”.
The tool is applicable for estimating the carbon stocks, removals and emissions for
the DOM pools—including any associated increase in non-CO 2 emissions—within
the boundary of a CDM A/R project. To ensure transparent accounting, the tool
separately considers:
• Change in existing DOM carbon stocks—carbon stocks in the existing DOM
pools present at project commencement may be increasing, static or
decreasing depending on the state of existing live biomass stocks, antecedent
disturbance and mortality conditions, fuelwood gathering and decomposition
losses. Non-CO 2 emissions may occur from burning of the existing DOM pools if
fire is used as part of site preparation.
• Change in project DOM carbon stocks—carbon stocks in the project DOM
pools may increase over time due to natural mortality, and due to pruning,
thinning and harvesting practices. Stocks may also increase substantially due
to enhanced mortality from disturbance (including from outbreaks of pests or
disease). By contrast, fire, either natural or anthropogenic, can result in a large
decrease in the carbon stocks in the project DOM pools, as well as resulting in
significant non-CO 2 emissions. Fuelwood gathering, and decomposition, will
also reduce carbon stocks in the project DOM pools.
• Carbon stocks in the existing DOM, or project DOM, pools (as applicable), for
each vegetation class (i.e. trees or shrubs) in a stratum of area As, at time t (tC)
[C DOM,t ]
• Average annual change in carbon stocks in the existing DOM, or project DOM,
pools (as applicable), for each vegetation class (i.e. trees or shrubs) in a stratum
of area As, at time t (tCyr –1 ) [ΔC DOM,t ]
• Increase in non-CO 2 emissions due to burning of DOM stocks, for each
vegetation class (i.e. trees or shrubs) in a stratum of area As, at time t (tCO 2 e)
[E DOM,burn,t ]
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