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Methodology for Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) GHGs emission reduction and sequestration, v2.0
Provider
Gold Standard for the Global Goals
Availability
Published October 2022
Description
This methodology calculates the amount of GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere as a result of afforestation or reforestation activities. The methodology applies to projects that are planting trees on land that is not already forested. Projects can include conservation forests, forests with selective harvesting or rotation forestry, and agroforestry or silvopasture activities. Projects cannot be on wetlands or on drained or irrigated organic soils and cannot disturb soil in more than 10 percent of the project area. This methodology applies to mangroves as well as to terrestrial forests. Projects following this methodology can generate carbon credits under the Gold Standard based on the volume of GHG emissions removed by afforestation or reforestation activities.
Application
Projects anywhere in the world engaged in afforestation or reforestation that are interested in generating carbon credits through the Gold Standard for the Global Goals.
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Mexico Forest Protocol, v3.0
Provider
Climate Action Reserve
Availability
Approved October 2022
Description
This methodology measures reductions of GHGs in the atmosphere by forest projects in Mexico. Forest projects are defined as activities designed to increase removals of carbon dioxide equivalents from the atmosphere by increasing forest carbon stocks. Activities accounted for by the methodology that increase forest carbon stocks include agroforestry and silvopasture, improved forest management, reforestation, and restoration. Projects following this methodology can generate carbon credits under CAR based on the volume of GHG emissions removed by increasing sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest stocks in Mexico. Avoided emissions from deforestation and degradation are not eligible for crediting under the Mexico Forest Protocol.
Application
Forest projects in Mexico that want to generate carbon credits through CAR.
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QGIS
Use this tool to
Draw a boundary polygon to delineate your restoration monitoring area
End Product(s)
A boundary polygon in the form of an Esri shapefile or KML.
QGIS is a free desktop-based Geographic Information System (GIS) application, which can be used for drawing, editing, and exporting polygons in multiple file formats, among many other capabilities. It is similar in functionality to ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro but is free and open source.
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Quantifying GHG Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory, April 2023 (Chapter 5)
Provider
United States Department of Agriculture
Availability
In Final Review
Description
This guidance is designed to accommodate a wide range of users, technical capacity, and data availability. The guidance provides three tiers of approaches which are like the IPCC Tiers 1-3. It is intended to help landowners or land managers assess the carbon impacts of management interventions in managed forest systems. There is guidance for assessing the impacts of reforestation activities, which can be used in a restoration scenario. It is intended for use in the United States but may be adapted for use elsewhere.
Application
Estimation of entity-scale GHG fluxes and impacts in managed forest systems including fluxes related to reforestation. Target users are any landowners or land managers in the United States interested in assessing impacts of management interventions. Not designed for carbon credits.
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Regreening App
Use this tool to
Collect geolocated data on tree planting, farmer managed natural regeneration, nursery development, or capacity development in the field.
End Product(s)
CSV of the restoration metrics recorded at each geolocated sample point; ability to visualize the data and see basic statistics in the Data Reporting System.
The Regreening App is a mobile Android application that lets users collect data on a range of restoration practices at the farm level. Users can take pictures and enter the locations of their restoration interventions and record additional details like plot boundaries, land ownership, tree species, tree height and diameter, land cover, and management practices. Users can collect data offline and upload it to the Regreening App’s Data Reporting System (DRS) database once they have internet access.
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Restor
Use this tool to
View map of user-shared boundaries of restoration sites; draw or upload restoration project boundaries; view/report globally modeled data within project boundaries; access historical high-resolution satellite imagery.
End Product(s)
Map of user-shared restoration project sites and intervention information; report of globally modeled data for project sites.
Restor is a web-based platform where users can draw, upload, and view restoration project site polygons. For each site, users can add information including the status of restoration activity, type of restoration intervention, project goals, and photos. Restor automatically calculates statistics (derived from globally modeled datasets) related to carbon, water, biodiversity, tree cover, and other themes within the polygons. Any site can be shared publicly for other users to view or kept private.
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Restoration Barometer
Use this tool to
Assess and report national or subnational restoration progress using a standard framework of eight action and impact indicators
End Product(s)
Report and online dashboard of restoration progress relative to eight indicators.
The Restoration Barometer (launched in 2016 as the Bonn Challenge Barometer) is a platform for national and subnational governments to report a standardized framework of indicators of restoration across terrestrial ecosystems (including coastal and inland waters). It consists of eight indicators under two dimensions: action and impact. The action dimension includes indicators of: (1) policies and institutional arrangements, (2) funding for restoration, (3) technical planning, and (4) existing monitoring systems. The impact dimension includes indicators of: (5) area of land where functionality has been improved by restoration, (6) climate and carbon sequestration, (7) biodiversity, and (8) economy. Government focal points who want to use the Restoration Barometer should contact IUCN using their website or the email address Barometer@iucn.org to request access.
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Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework
Use this tool to
Select indicators to monitor from a curated framework of suggested indicators for monitoring restoration projects
End Product(s)
A list of indicators for monitoring restoration projects
The Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework is a list of 61 indicators and 32 project descriptors that are designed to be applicable to many types of restoration projects and shared across monitoring platforms. The goal of the framework is to create consistency and uniformity in the indicators that are monitored for all restoration projects, which will facilitate better compatibility and sharing of information across monitoring practitioners and activities. The indicators map to the 10 Principles of Ecosystem Restoration developed by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, with suggested headline, core, and secondary indicators for each principle. It also provides examples of sample project goals where each indicator may be appropriate.
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Sustainable Management of Mangroves, v1.0
Provider
Gold Standard for the Global Goals
Availability
Published August 2024
Description
This methodology calculates the amount of GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere as a result of mangrove reforestation activities. The methodology applies to projects that are planting mangrove tree species that have been identified as native in the project area and may be planted alongside mangrove plantations. Projects following this methodology can generate carbon credits under the Gold Standard based on the volume of GHG emissions removed by mangrove reforestation activities.
Application
Projects anywhere in the world engaged in reforestation of native mangroves that are interested in generating carbon credits through the Gold Standard for the Global Goals.
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System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing, and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL)
Use this tool to
Derive data from satellite imagery for various land use/land cover indicators
End Product(s)
Maps, baselines, and change statistics for various land use/land cover indicators.
SEPAL is a cloud-computing platform that lets users efficiently query and process satellite imagery to perform landscape monitoring analyses. It provides access to large amounts of satellite imagery through Google Earth Engine, pre-created tools to run common geospatial analysis without coding experience, and the ability for more advanced users to program their own customized analyses. To access SEPAL, users must register for free SEPAL and Google Earth Engine accounts.