Introduction to CCBA (Forestry Projects)

ByN. Mohan Reddy

CCBA Standards

Community

Climate Biodiversity

CCBA projects

CCBA PARTNERS

• BP

• SC Johnson

• GFA Terra

• Intel

• Conservation International

• Hamburg Institute of International Economics

• The Nature Conservancy

• Pelangi

CCBA Mission & Target

Mission

Develop and promote standards to identify land-based projects with clear triple benefits

Target

All land use activities done in discreet projects - focus on carbon market

Identification of project and development of project concept note

Development of Project Design DocumentProject Description

Select baseline approach and assess additionalitySet baseline emission level and crediting period

Calculate net emission reductionsDevelop a monitoring plan

Assess environmental impactsInvite local stakeholders for comments

Project developer

Project developer

Includes:

Project developer

Operational Entity

Verification and certification

Issuance of CCBA s to project developers

CDM Executive Board

CCBA Project Cycle

Project developer

CCBA

3 rd Party Verification

Submission of validation reports and Project Design Document

Operational EntityValidation/Registration of Project

Submission of the PDD and host country approval to validat0r

Project developer

Make PDD publicly available for 22 days

Operational Entity

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CCBA approval

3 rd Party Verification

Project Template

CCBA Standards

Minimum requirements

1) Integrated baseline

2) Integrated project scenario

3) Worksheets for each major project activity

4) Basic legal and human rights issues addressed

To be CCBA certified, project must 1) meet minimum requirements & 2) score sufficient points in each of the three components.

CCBA Standards

ClimateClimate

Thresholds & Scores• baselines,

• leakage

• additionality

• monitoring

CCBA Standards

CommunityCommunity

Thresholds & Scores• participation

• net benefits

• capacity

CCBA Standards

Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Thresholds & Scores• project location

• ecological design

• water

Standards Format

Community

Climate Biodiversity

Minimum requirements

Projects From India

IFFDC Wasteland Forestation Project

– Location Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, India

– Webhosting Stage from May 13 through June 3, 2009

– Consultant IFFDC

– Expected CERs -5000 PA

Projects From India

Reforestation of degraded land

– Location Chhattisgarh– Validation – Consultant EVI– Expected CERs -

Projects From India

• Bagepalli CDM Reforestation Programme 

– Location Karnataka– Validation – Consultant TÜV SÜD – Expected CERs -

Observations• Many Projects from USA, New Zealand and

Australia got gold standards, fetches premium prices

• All Indian AR CDM projects moving towards CCBA Standards

• Consultants In CCBA Business– IFFDC

– EVI

Future Scenarios

• Quality AR projects can fetch premium price

• Projects will be limited to bio diverse rich patches

• Projects on plantation might not be possible

• Orissa forest has many bio diversity rich projects

• Taking up these projects initially, can help in

taking up REDD projects

Thank You