Newsletter of the CarbonFix Standard
- Jan 2010, No. 12 -
Webcast COP 15 - The Future of A/R Projects
Despite the attention given to REDD during COP 15, there was one side event which focused exclusively on A/R projects. Four representatives from this sector were invited to present their views on the future of climate forestation projects.
The project developers 'Green Initiative' and 'South Pole' presented their most recent work, while Eduard Merger, a forest carbon expert who published several well-known reports on the topic, presented his latest research results which compared forest standards in the Voluntary Carbon Market. The last speaker, Moriz Vohrer, Chairman of the Technical Board at CarbonFix discussed how Forest Carbon Standards could be harmonized.
Webcast Videos
Eduard Merger - Comparison of Forest Carbon Standards - Play Video
Moriz Vohrer - Should Forest Carbon Standards be harmonized? - Play Video
Download entire A/R forum presentations.
project_NEWS - 3 new projects under pre-validation Three new projects - from Costa Rica, Peru and Georgia - have submitted their documents for pre-validation to the CarbonFix secretariat this January.
Dr. Roberto Scoz, Vice-Chairman of the Technical Board believes after the first review round that "two out of these three projects will be able to successfully be pre-validated within the next two months."
The ForestFinance Group had their Panama project pre-validated in December and has now selected the Rainforest Alliance to certify their project.
All projects and updates can be tracked under www.CarbonFix.info/Project
Spanish Version of the CarbonFix StandardThe 3rd Version of the CarbonFix Standard is now available in Spanish. The ongoing interest from project developers from South America necessitated the translation. CarbonFix Executive Secretary Pieter van Midwoud says that this "will speed up the development process for quality climate forestation projects in Latin America".
The Spanish version can be downloaded through the following link: www.CarbonFix.info/Standard |
