The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve REDD Project

Total net baseline emissions. Table 26 summarizes the net GHGemissions avoided by preventing the establishment of palm oilplantations in the project area. This summary table is brokendown by component and shows that peat drainage isoverwhelmingly the most significant source of GHG emissionsassociated with palm oil development. Increases in GHGemissions by sources within the project boundary as a result ofimplementation of the project activity were estimated as zero,but will need to be tracked as part of the project’s activities.Under the VCS, the baseline must be re-­‐assessed after ten years.Therefore, the baseline emissions in the first ten years should bethe focus of attention; estimates beyond the 10-­‐year window aresubject to change as new policy measures are instituted and newdata become available. In the first ten years of the project,baseline emissions avoided are estimated as 30.5 million t CO2e,or approximately 3.05 million t CO 2 e per year for the first tenyears.119