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PROJECT DESCRIPTION VCS Version 3, CCB Standards Second Edition NEW LEAF CARBON PROJECT Document Prepared By Forests Alive on behalf of Tasmanian Land Conservancy Project Title New Leaf Carbon Project Version 4.0 Date of Issue 3rd June 2013 Prepared By Forests Alive Pty Ltd Contact Suite 7.03, 222 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, 61 282 709 908, [email protected], www.forestsalive.com v3.0 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION VCS Version 3, CCB Standards Second Edition Table of Contents 1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Summary Description of the Project (G3) ..................................................................................... 4 1.2 Project Location (G1 & G3) ........................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Conditions Prior to Project Initiation (G1) .................................................................................... 16 1.4 Project Proponent (G4) ............................................................................................................... 20 1.5 Other Entities Involved in the Project (G4) .................................................................................. 20 1.6 Project Start Date (G3) ................................................................................................................ 21 1.7 Project Crediting Period (G3) ...................................................................................................... 21 2 Design ................................................................................................................................................ 22 2.1 Sectoral Scope and Project Type................................................................................................ 22 2.2 Description of the Project Activity (G3) ....................................................................................... 22 2.2.1 Climate Activities ................................................................................................................. 22 2.2.2 Community Project Activities ............................................................................................... 22 2.2.3 Biodiversity Activities ........................................................................................................... 23 2.3 Management of Risks to Project Benefits (G3) ........................................................................... 23 2.4 Measures to Maintain High Conservation Values (G3) ............................................................... 24 2.5 Project Financing (G3 & G4) ....................................................................................................... 25 2.6 Employment Opportunities and Worker Safety (G4)................................................................... 25 2.7 Stakeholders (G3) ....................................................................................................................... 26 2.8 Commercially Sensitive Information ............................................................................................ 27 3 Legal Status ........................................................................................................................................ 28 3.1 Compliance with Laws, Statues, Property Rights and Other Regulatory Frameworks (G4 & G5) 28 3.2 Evidence of Right of Use (G5) .................................................................................................... 28 3.3 Emissions Trading Programs and Other Binding Limits (CL1) ................................................... 29 3.4 Participation under Other GHG Programs (CL1) ........................................................................ 29 Other Forms of Environmental Credit (CL1) ........................................................................................... 29 3.5 Projects Rejected by Other GHG Programs (CL1) ..................................................................... 29 3.6 Respect for Rights and No Involuntary Relocation (G5) ............................................................. 29 3.7 Illegal Activities and Project Benefits (G5) .................................................................................. 29 4 Application of Methodology ................................................................................................................ 30 4.1 Title and Reference of Methodology ........................................................................................... 30 4.2 Applicability of Methodology ........................................................................................................ 30 4.3 Methodology Deviations .............................................................................................................. 32 4.4 Project Boundary (G1) ................................................................................................................ 33 4.5 Baseline Scenario (G2) ............................................................................................................... 35 4.6 Additionality (G2) ......................................................................................................................... 36 5 Quantificaton of GHG Emission Reductions and REmovals (Climate) .............................................. 42 5.1 Project Scale and Estimated GHG Emission Reductions or Removals ..................................... 42 5.2 Leakage Management (CL2) ...................................................................................................... 43 5.3 Baseline Emissions (G2) ............................................................................................................. 50 5.4 Project Emissions (CL1) .............................................................................................................. 58 5.5 Leakage (CL2)............................................................................................................................. 58 5.6 Summary of GHG Emission Reductions and Removals (CL1 & CL2) ........................................ 58 5.7 Climate Change Adaptation Benefits (GL1) ................................................................................ 60 6 Community ......................................................................................................................................... 61 6.1 Net Positive Community Impacts (CM1) ..................................................................................... 61 6.1.1 Creating Economic Opportunities ....................................................................................... 62 6.1.2 Promoting Community Engagement & Institutional Cooperation ........................................ 63 6.1.3 Encouraging Education and Research ............................................................................... 63 v3.0 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION VCS Version 3, CCB Standards Second Edition 6.1.4 Enhancing Recreational Activities ....................................................................................... 65 6.2 Negative Offsite Stakeholder impacts (CM2) .............................................................................. 66 6.3 Exceptional Community Benefits (GL2) ...................................................................................... 67 7 Biodiversity ......................................................................................................................................... 67 7.1 Net Positive Biodiversity Impacts (B1) ........................................................................................ 67 7.1.1 Monitoring of conservation significant species .................................................................... 67 7.1.2 Monitoring of habitat condition ............................................................................................ 69 7.1.3 Monitoring of landscape scale ecological processes .......................................................... 70 7.1.4 Management Effectiveness Monitoring ............................................................................... 71 7.2 Negative Offsite Biodiversity Impacts (B2) .................................................................................. 72 7.3 Exceptional Biodiversity Benefits (GL3) ...................................................................................... 72 8 Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................... 74 8.1 Description of the Monitoring Plan (CL3, CM3 & B3).................................................................. 74 8.2 Data and Parameters Available at Validation (CL3) ................................................................... 74 8.3 Data and Parameters Monitored (CL3, CM3 & B3) .................................................................... 75 9 Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 80 9.1 Winrock Sampling Calculator Outputs ........................................................................................ 80 9.2 Natural Values Atlas Reports Summary ..................................................................................... 81 9.2.1 Map of NVA location 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