The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve REDD Project

GLOSSARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC TERMSCarbon Accounting Area – From VCS terminology, this is referred to as the Project Area in CCB Standards. The Carbon Accounting Area isthe section of the Rimba Raya forest concession that is managed for carbon credits, comprising 47,006 ha of the 91,215 Rimba Rayaconcession.Leakage (InfiniteEARTH Definition) -­‐ Any increase in greenhouse gas emissions that occurs outside a project’s boundary and withinCentral Kalimantan, is measurable and directly attributable to project activities, and involves the harvesting of Protected Forest andProtected Areas.Physical Buffer – A defined section of forest located on the perimeter of a national park whose presence acts as a barrier against theencroachment of oil palm plantation, logging or other illegal activities into the park. The InfiniteEARTH Rimba Raya Reserve will fund areserve-­‐wide network of permanent guard posts, community-­‐based patrols, and a fire brigade, further strengthening Rimba Raya’s role asa Physical Buffer.Project Area – The 47,006 ha within the Rimba Raya concession that is being audited for avoided Green house Gas (GHG) emissions. TheProject Area is comprised of land that would convert to oil palm estates but for the intervention of InfiniteEARTH.Project Zone – This includes the full 91,215 ha of the Rimba Raya concession. The Project Zone seeks to account for communities whoseeconomies are affected by activities within the Rimba Raya concession and extend climate and biodiversity management well beyondProject Area boundaries.Positive Leakage – An increase in the carbon stores of neighboring forests as a consequence of project activities.Project Management Area – From VCS terminology, this is referred to as the Project Zone in CCB Standards.Social Buffer – The consequences of engagement with local communities, government and NGOs as stakeholders in resource managementand conservation of forest around a national park. The provision of social services and creation of employment incentivizes stakeholdersto support forest preservation and oppose the harvesting of forest. This acts as an additional societal barrier to the incursion of illegalactivities into the nearby national park.ix