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Moriz Vohrer Technical Director Land Use & Forests Iván Hernández Regional Manager - Latin America Kai Windhorst Consultant for Gold Standard - UNIQUE forestry & land use

June 2015, Bogotá

A/R Methodology

Methodologies

• Applicability 1

• Carbon Pools 2

• CO2-Fixation 3

• Baseline 4

• Leakage 5

• Other emissions 6

• Carbon Performance 7

1. Aboveground woody biomass

2. Belowground woody biomass

3. Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)

4. Litter & Dead wood

5. Harvest Wood Products (HWP) • Timber • Energy wood

tCO2

Years Baseline Leakage

CO2-Fixation

- 20% Buffer

Methodologies

tCO2/ha

Years

Methodologies

Methodologies

• Applicability 1

• Carbon Pools 2

• CO2-Fixation 3

• Baseline 4

• Leakage 5

• Other emissions 6

• Carbon Performance 7

Applicability

• No wetland • Not drained or irrigated • No plaughing more than 10 % • Baseline not increasing (A/R)

Other emissions

• Fuel for machines = 0 • Fertilizer used = 0 • CO2 of wood + 10% (N2O)

Permanence

2015 2020 2025 2030 2010 2035

Permanence

Backstops 1. Sustainability requirements

2. Frequent Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)

3. Compliance pathway

a) Retiring CO2-certificates from the same activity (have not been sold) b) Adding additional activity areas c) Re-implementing activities d) Purchase CO2-certificates from other Gold Standard activities

1. Project owner’s liability

2. Compliance Buffer

Permanence

No financial instrument

2040 2014

Upfront credits based on conservative estimation

Up-front finance

Improved Forest Management (IFM)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

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Stop Logging (SL)

Stop Logging (SL): Unsustainable (upper) or sustainable (lower) logging baseline -active (left) or planned (right) at project start - is prevented for forest stocks to recover, respectively remain unchanged.

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Reduced Impact Operations (RI)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

Reduced Impact Operations (RI): Unsustainable (upper) or sustainable (lower) logging baseline stocks are maintained or increased by applying improved harvesting and management techniques.

IFM Standards Study - Summary Presentation for Discussion 18

Extension of Rotation Age (ER)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

Extension of Rotation Age (ER): Sustainable logging baseline stocks are increased by extending rotation age, respectively extending cutting cycles.

IFM Standards Study - Summary Presentation for Discussion 19

Increased Growth Management (IG)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

Increased Growth Management (IG): Sustainable logging baseline stocks are increased by actively supporting growth. e.g. through candidate selection and thinning or competing species management.

IFM Standards Study - Summary Presentation for Discussion 20

Rehabilitation (RE)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

Rehabilitation (RE): Unsustainable (upper) or sustainable (lower) logging baseline stocks are increased. Forest degradation is halted and forests are restored and sustainably managed by actively supporting regeneration. Understocked managed forests are improved by actively supporting regeneration. Note: If no harvesting is done in project area, the RE approach is identical to a stop logging (SL) project (except that recovery is actively supported)

IFM Standards Study - Summary Presentation for Discussion 21

Prevent Fires and Pests (PF)

Baseline Project (dotted lines indicate long-term average)

Prevention of Fires and Pests (PF): Uncontrolled loss of forest stocks due to fires and/or pests are halted by introducing protection or sustainable management schemes. Note: Asides from the difference in baseline, these activities are identical to SL and RI projects, respectively.

Moriz Vohrer moriz.vohrer@goldstandard.org

Skype: morizv

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