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This report was created to increase transparency and answer fundamental questions about the supply of forestry-based carbon credits, such as transaction volumes, credit prices, hectares influenced and tenure rights. It outlines the aggregate numbers from our survey of 61 project developers (and in some cases, project proponents) and 34 intermediaries representing 226 projects across 40...
The Manual is designed to be used by carbon project proponents aiming for validation under the CCB Standards, or other multiple-benefit carbon standards. The NGOs involved in this initiative believe that a combination of credible social impact assessment methods and robust standards for verifying the co-benefits provides an important way of promoting positive social outcomes of land-based...
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June 1, 2010
Historically, the Amazon region has taken a ‘frontier’ approach to development that has destroyed forests. From 2000-2002, Professor Virgilio Viana worked with IIED to explore options for more forest-friendly forms of development. The Governor of Amazonas subsequently appointed Viana as the first ever Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development. Viana was able to make the...
May 1, 2009
Approximately 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by land-use change and, in particular, the destruction of tropical forests. Reducing land-use change and forest degradation has been shown as a cost-effective way of slowing carbon emissions compared to other mitigation strategies such as curbing emissions from power stations. Decisions taken at the Conference of the...
June 25, 2010
EX-ACT (Ex Ante Appraisal Carbon-balance Tool) was jointly developed from three FAO divisions (Policy and Programme Development Support Division [TCS] formerly Policy Assistance and Resource Mobilization Division [TCA], Investment Centre Division [TCI] and Agricultural Development Economics Division [ESA]). It is aimed at providing ex-ante estimations of the impact of...
June 28, 2010
Chapter II of this document contains a description of the proceedings of the informal meeting of experts, while chapter III summarizes the presentations that were made and chapter IV presents the main points, outcomes and key recommendations of the discussions that took place during the meeting. Chapter V presents the consolidated key recommendations from the experts.
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June 1, 2010
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), carbon finance, and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) constitute the bulk of dedicated funding for low-carbon development. To achieve the largest possible impact, practitioners must learn to combine these resources in the same project or program in order to both reduce transaction costs and maximize synergies. This issues brief considers six projects that...
May 24, 2010
Destruction of the world’s tropical forests by overseas timber, agriculture, and cattle operations has led to a dramatic expansion in production of commodities that compete directly with U.S. products. About 13 million hectares (32 million acres) of forest are destroyed every year — mostly in the tropics.1 This deforestation has allowed large-scale low-cost expansion of timber...
