Carbon Bank Project of Inpang Network

Usa KlinhomMahasarakham University (MSU‐Thailand)

Usa_klinhom@yahoo.com

General Information

•Population ~21 M•Area 1/3 of country area•Language: Lao and 

Khmer•~18 ethnic group•Poorest region average income  US$1,228 (national average US$3,900)

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Cambodia

Vietnam

Why It is the poorest area?

•Social pressure: social gap, •Ethnic group •misunderstood in cultural way

•Economic pressure: green revolutionmono‐cropping promotion: Cassava, Jute, Sugar cane

•Developing Plan 1961‐2001 (40 Y)•Focus on economics

•Erosion of Traditional Knowledge •Deforestation•Inappropriate land used  •Threatening Wetland•Poverty increasing •Migration 

Results from Developing plan 40 years

Inpang network

•Established in 1987•Help themselves policy•Traditional Knowledge restoration

•Agro‐forestation•Barter system

•4,000 household, 890 villages, 5 provinces

•800 tree/household=3 acre or 1.28 ha.

•changed from mono-cropto agro-forestry

Tree Bank Project in 2006

Inpang & Carbon Bank

•Pilot project for forest sector 2007‐2011•KI interview & questionnaire•Transfer & exchange knowledge

•Meeting local people >10 times•Training• Data collection & analysis•Website: carbon2markets.org

Activities•Forest definition •0.16 hectare•tree high>3 meter,•coverage area>30%

•Propose the project to TGO•Training for land owner and youth•Sampling plot size 20X25 meter•MRV: technical and community•Propose paper to buyer

Results•915 household participate•Fail for multi cropping      Teak•42 household were selected•71.16 hectare (0.64‐17.6 ha)•1,511.46 t CO2e for 2 years•Sale $ 4.25 /tCO2e•Intensive training for 10 community ecologist (youth)

•Average income 3,077.11 USD (3,900 USD for national income)•Satisfied price 16.67 USD/0.16 h•89.2% satisfied•88% request to participate in Phase II•Participate for monitoring the growth of trees by themselves 89.6%

Member meeting

• DBH and Height measuring• 25% of tree in study area were

measured

Training and Data collection

Workshop in Laos 14 May 2008

Carbon trade on 19 February 2011 by Inpang Network Co‐operative  and MSU‐USA

Lesson learn from the project

•Connection & Stakeholder•Leader is key person•Meeting and training•Learn from each other•Nothing difficult to understand•Adaptation for climate change

Step proposed by TGOSelect standard

Contact to standardization agency

Project Idea note (PIN)/Project Development Document (PDD)

Register: VCS, Gold Standard, etc

MRV

Verification by DOE

Certified PDD by Designated Operational Entity (DOE)

VERs

Buyer

Our next step3 projects will be done in 2012‐2013

‐expanded carbon credit from teak plantation area to agroforestry area and orchard areas (dipterocarp, longan, tamarindand mango which supported by NRCT)‐carry out for making equation of carbon sink for agroforestry/community forest (supported by MSU‐Thai)‐pilot project for REDD+ in community scale (supported by Sumernet)

•Forest area before 1961 ~ 42%•Present <12%

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Cambodia

Vietnam

REDD+Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation

•Baseline for Thailand•Forest definition= 0.05 ha, tree high>2 m, coverage area 10%

•Activities under•Carbon sequestration•Ecological service•Sustainable management•Biodiversity•Traditional knowledge

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