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Choiseul PIN V1.0 12022013 landowners. The producers in this project are resisting the logging option because they value forest protection and the ecosystem services it provides, but they cannot sustain this resistance to logging without realizing their economic development aspirations that could otherwise be financed through logging. The forests owned by these communities are not legally protected and there are no plans by the government to finance forest protection in these communities. 1.4.3.2 LeakageThe project activity of forest protection will apply to the vast majority of the rainforest land owned by the producer communities. There is no realistic opportunity for these producers to undertake activity shifting of baseline activities causing the displacement of emissions. The unavailability of commercial timber resources from the lands owned by the Sassamungga and Nggoraembara communities is very unlikely to cause an increase in timber prices because of scarcity, and thereby is very unlikely to cause market leakage. The implementation of this project is designed to include assistance to the producer communities in generating enduring economic development outcomes financed through payments for ecosystem services. This will likely include non-­‐commercial harvesting of timber for local housing and cultural activities. These local community development activities including the provision of timber for local non-­‐commercial uses is designed to function as a leakage avoidance activity. 1.4.3.3 PermanenceThe foundation for permanence in the project activity is based on building a strong commitment to forest protection among the local population of producers. This strong local commitment to forest protection will depend on the long-­‐term flows of financial benefits from payments for ecosystem services, together with effective management of these finances to generate enduring community economic development outcomes. The forests will be legally protected for the project period by means of an instrument designed to bind the producers to project activities for the duration of the project. The project period is provisionally set at 50-­‐year periods with perpetual right of renewal. 1.4.4 Native SpeciesMust involve the planting and/or promote the restoration or protection of native or naturalised tree species. PV Eligibility Checklist, p1 The project activity of avoided deforestation / improved forest management does not involve the planting of trees or the establishment of new forests in the project area. The project activity promotes and supports the protection of native forest vegetation communities. 16