Afforestation and Reforestation Project on the Degraded Land in Northwest Sichuan, China

Abstract

The “Afforestation and Reforestation Project on the Degraded Land in Northwest Sichuan, China” is the first registered CDM A/R project that has received a gold certificate with the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) standard. It is also the second in China and the first in Sichuan to be successfully registered as a CDM A/R carbon project. The project is led by the Forestry Department of Sichuan Province, with the support from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA), the Conservation International (CI), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Beijing Shanshui Conservation Center, Funded by 3M, the project is launched in November 2004, with the Dadu River Afforestation Bureau of Sichuan Province (hereinafter “the Bureau”) as the operating entity. In July 2007, the PDD was completed. In April 2008, the DOE field verification was passed and the project was approved by the Forestry Bureau and approved by the SFGA. In June 2009, the project passed DOE validation. In November of the same year, the project was endorsed by the NDRC and the CDM-EB registration under the UNFCCC.