Forest and bamboo carbon methodologies and project practices in China

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Dr. Thomas LIChief Engineer & Program Director

China Green Carbon FoundationYaoundé, Cameroon

August,2016

Outline

1.Forest carbon project practices in China1.Forest carbon project practices in China

2.Bamboo forest carbon project practices in China2.Bamboo forest carbon project practices in China

3. Prospect on bamboo forest carbon3. Prospect on bamboo forest carbon

Background of bamboo in China

China is the Kingdom of Bamboo. In China, bamboo forest area is more than 6 million ha, 42% of the entire world, with more than 500 bamboo species.

7.75 million people work for bamboo forestry sector, shared more than 50% of global market.

More than 2000 bamboo products developed in China, such as handicrafts, music instruments ， mat, furniture, bamboo charcoal, pulp and paper, bamboo fiber, clothes and etc..

Flow chart of forest carbon project development and trading

1 Project design1 Project design

2 Validation2 Validation

3 Registration3 Registration

4 Implementation4 Implementation

5 Monitoring5 Monitoring

6 Verification6 Verification

7 Issue7 Issue

8 Carbon trading 8 Carbon trading

Project owner/consultant Project owner/consultant

DOE/VVBDOE/VVB

Project owner/consultant Project owner/consultant

Project ownerProject owner

Registry secretariatRegistry secretariat

Carbon ExchangeCarbon Exchange

Carbon price: 2-5 USD/ tCO2Carbon price: 2-5 USD/ tCO2

1.Forest carbon project practices in China

• CDM A/R projects : 5 registered in UNFCCC EB – the Facilitating Reforestation for Guangxi Watershed

Management in Pearl River Basin (the first developed CDM A/R project in the world)

– Afforestation and Reforestation on Degraded Lands in Northwest Sichuan, China

– Reforestation on Degraded Lands in Northwest Guangxi– Afforestation/Reforestation on Degraded Lands in Southwest

Sichuan, China– Afforestation of Degraded Shengle Ecological Zone in

Helinge'er of Inner Mongolia, China – Total area: 20,000 ha

CDM A/R Projects in China

Data from unfccc.int

1. Forest carbon project practices in China• VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) forest carbon projects:

5 registered; 2 under developing – Jiangxi Province Le'an County Forest Farm Carbon Sink Project– Inner Mongolia Chao’er Improved Forest Management project– Yunnan Kunming Liangqu improved forest management project– Reforestation Project in Yingjing County, Sichuan Province – Reforestation Project in Qinghai Province 2012 – Yong’an improved forest management carbon project (under

developing) – Xishuangbanna improved forest management carbon project

(under developing)

VCS Forest carbon projects in China

1529 Inner Mongolia Chao’er Improved Forest Management Project；Chao’er Forest Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, P.R.China； China；14. Agriculture, Forestry, 69,326t/year

1. Forest carbon project practices in China

• CCER (China Certified Emission Reduction) forest carbon projects : 10+ registered– Changlong afforestation carbon project (the first CCER

forest carbon project in China registered, issued)– Tongshan bamboo afforestation project in Hubei (the

first CCER bamboo afforestation carbon project, registered)

– Anji & Jianyang bamboo forest management carbon projects (the first CCER bamboo forest management carbon projects, under developing)

China Certified Emission Reduction Exchange Info-platform

The first CCER forest carbon project in China, registered in NDRC platform of China in 2014

• CGCF (China Green Carbon Foundation) forest carbon projects: 100+– More than 100 forest carbon projects are developed or

are under developing in China, registered in CGCF Registry.

– More than 40 forest carbon projects have been traded under CGCF platform.

• CCER forest carbon project methodologies : 4 approved by NDRC, China;– Methodology for CCER afforestation carbon project– Methodology for CCER bamboo afforestation carbon

project– Methodology for CCER forest management carbon

project– Methodology for CCER bamboo forest management

carbon project

2.Bamboo forest carbon project practices in China

• CCER bamboo forest carbon Methodologies : 2 approved by NDRC,China– Methodology for CCER bamboo afforestation carbon projects– Methodology for CCER bamboo forest management carbon

projects

• Transforming 2 CCER bamboo forest carbon

methodologies to VCS Methodologies

Methodology for CCER bamboo afforestation carbon projects

• Application conditions：– 1.The proposed project land does not fall into

wetland category.– 2.Soil disturbance contribution of the afforestation

project activities does not exceed more than 10% of area of proposed eligible project land.

– 3.The proposed project land is suitable for bamboo planting. The height of bamboo species shall reach above 2 meter, the diameter of breast height (DBH) shall reach above 2 cm, land area shall be at least 0.067ha, and the canopy density shall reach 20%.

Methodology for CCER bamboo afforestation carbon projects

• Application conditions：– 4.Burn-off method (controlled burning ) cannot use in

the forest site clearances . And in order to conserve the water, soil and biodiversity, overall site preparation cannot be applied.

– 5.Original scattered trees in the project sites cannot be cut during the project activities.

Methodologies for CCER bamboo afforestation carbon projects

• Calculation of CCERs ：CCER= Project carbon sinks — Baseline carbon sinks

Methodology for CCER bamboo forest management carbon projects

• Application conditions：– The proposed project land shall be covered by bamboo forest.

The canopy cover of the forest shall be higher than 20 %; continuous distribution area ≥ 0.067 ha.; mature height of bamboo shall exceed 2 m; and DBH of a mature bamboo shall more than 2 cm.

– This methodology is not applicable to mixture forest of bamboo and tree species. The canopy cover of tree species in the forest shall be less than 20 %.

– The proposed project land should not be wetland and should not contain organic soils.

– The proposed project activities will not violate relevant laws, regulations and applicable technical standards of forest management of the state and local governments.

• Application conditions：– Only Harvest bamboo stems and branches during management

activities. Litter collection is not allowed on project sites. – Loosing soil and weeds control shall follow the contour direction,

and no deep tillage used in the soil management of project forests.

– Fertilization shall be in line or in spot and soil shall be tightly covered after fertilizing.

– One or more of scientific management technical measures of bamboo forest management listed in Appendix 1 shall be applied.

– The project should not start before January 1, 2013.

• Forest management activities：– Promote bamboo shoots generate– Improve bamboo forest structure – Maintain bamboo forest health – Renew bamboo species and variety – Stabilize soil carbon pool

• Calculation of China Certificate Emission Reductions ：CCER= Project carbon sinks — Baseline carbon sinks

First CCER bamboo afforestation carbon project in Hubei, Registered on NDRC platform in China

• First CCER bamboo afforestation carbon project in China

Tongshan ,Hubei

Bamboo: Moso bamboo Afforestation: 700.94 haEstimated ER:131123 t

3.Prospect on bamboo forest carbon

There are multi-benefits from bamboo carbon projects , such as enhancement income for local farmers & improvement of capacity building, community engagement, biodiversity conservation, environment improvement, climate change awareness arising, promoting social harmonyThe prospect on bamboo forest carbon is very brightThere are potential to develop bamboo carbon projects in China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and South America. There are potential to develop bamboo forest management carbon projects in ChinaThere are more potential to develop bamboo afforestation carbon projects in Africa. More land resources, low labor cost, and multi-benefits.

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