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| Where can I find out more about pilot carbon projects? | |||||||||||
| Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) - The UNFCCC's official list of AIJ projects accepted by the designated national authorities. | |||||||||||
| ICRAF (International Centre for Research in Agroforestry) - ICRAF, based in Nairobi, Kenya, maintains information on agroforestry activities including some pilot CDM projects. | |||||||||||
| Face Foundation - FACE (Forests Absorbing Carbon dioxide Emissions) is a non-profit organisation that has been funding the planting and maintenance of forests since 1990. | |||||||||||
| Ilha do Bananal - a pilot carbon offset and conservation project in Brazil. | |||||||||||
| South-south north - The mission of the SouthSouthNorth Project, or SSN Project, is to design, develop and implement Clean Development Mechanism projects under the Kyoto Protocol | |||||||||||
| Plan Vivo - The site holds an online manual for the Plan Vivo Systems for planning, managing and monitoring the supply of carbon services from small farmers, particularly in developing countries, in ways that enhance rural livelihoods. | |||||||||||
| The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - TNC is a conservation organisation in the USA, with partner organisations in Asia-Pacific, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, working to preserve plants animals and natural communities, mainly through land purchases. It is involved in climate change projects in several counties including Rio Bravo in Belize and Noel Kempff in Bolivia. | |||||||||||
| The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, at Conservation International - Builds partnerships between the private sector and the environmental community, including projects to offset emissions through forest conservation and reforestation. | |||||||||||
| The World Land Trust - The World Land Trust is a conservation charity that purchases land in developing countries to conserve biodiversity and threatened ecosystems. It is developing policy advice for the DFID on CDM projects. | |||||||||||
| Tanzania International Small Group and Tree-planting Program (TIST) - Formed in 1999, this is a community-driven programme to sequester carbon and create carbon storage in a way that is consistent with the best practices of sustainable development. It is developing within the context of CDM principles. | |||||||||||
| World Resources Institute (WRI) - Information on a range of issues of importance to the CDM and land use sectors, including some pilot CDM projects. Plenty of papers and publications are available. | |||||||||||
| United States Initiative on Joint Implementation (USIJI) - USIJI is a pilot programme encouraging projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable development. The site provides useful information on project development, ongoing projects, links and related documents on climate change. | |||||||||||
| Moving Towards Emissions Neutral Development (MEND) - was a DFID funded project to investigate how CDM projects can be implemented to optimise sustainable development targets. The focus countries were Ghana, Bangladesh, Columbia and Sri Lanka. | |||||||||||
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Carbon Monitor - a newsletter published by Environmental Intermediaries & Trading Group Limited. It covers many issues on commercialising the carbon offsets created by Kyoto and provides regular updates with commentary. You can sign up for the newsletter free by emailing Richard Hayes. |
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