[SDI-Africa] A new methodology for quantifying emission reductions from projects that reduce unplanned deforestation

[Gordon Ojwang]

A new methodology for quantifying emission reductions from projects that 
reduce unplanned deforestation
A new methodology for quantifying emission reductions from projects that 
reduce unplanned deforestation could help unlock carbon market revenues for 
countries and poor communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America, 
boosting the conservation of forests and creating new livelihoods.

The new REDD methodology - officially approved on July 14 by the Verified 
Carbon Standard (VCS) Association - allows projects in the voluntary market 
to calculate avoided emissions by reducing deforestation either on the edge 
(“frontier”) of large cleared areas, like agricultural zones, or in a 
patchwork pattern (“mosaic”) within standing forests.

A key to finalizing the “Unplanned Deforestation” Methodology was the 
decision to merge two methodologies that were being separately developed by 
the World Bank and the Brazilian NGO Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS), 
together with Carbon Decisions International (CDI) and the Institute for 
Conservation and the Sustainable Development of Amazonas (Idesam), with the 
financial support from Marriott International. By addressing a whole range 
of unplanned deforestation scenarios common across developing countries, 
this new methodology fills an important niche compared with other 
methodologies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest 
degradation (REDD).

For further details, please see 
http://www.v-c-s.org/news-events/news/vcs-approves-new-redd-methodology-avoid-unplanned-deforestation.or 
contact Elizabeth Cavalcanti, Fundação Amazonas Sustentável, ph: +55 11 
4009 8900, elizabeth.cavalcanti at fas-amazonas.org and Isabel Hagbrink, World 
Bank, ph: +1 202 458 0422, ihagbrink at worldbank.org.



Regards

Gordon


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