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Genesis Forest Project: Reforestation of Brazilian Savannah Native Species in the State of Tocantins, Brazil 2011 2, May validation, Standards CCB Projectbefore Design Document (PDD) For validation at withdrawnCLIMATE, COMMUNITY AND BIODIVERSITY STANDARD (CCBS) VERSION 1.0 Project (10/12/2008) 1 Table of Contents I. GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................3 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................5 2011 III. GENERAL SECTION ..........................................................................................7 2, G1 Original Conditions at the Project Site.........................................................7 G2 Baseline Projections ...................................................................................25 G3 Project Design and Goals ...........................................................................43May G4 Management Capacity and Best Practices..................................................48 G5 Land tenure.................................................................................................51 G6 Legal Status ................................................................................................52 G7 Adaptive Management for Sustainability...................................................53 G8 Knowledge Disseminations ........................................................................55 IV. CLIMATE SECTION..........................................................................................56validation, CL1 Net Positive Climate Impacts .....................................................................56 CL2. Offsite Climate Impacts (“Leakage”).........................................................67 CL3 Climate Impact Monitoring ........................................................................69 CL4 Adapting to Climate Change and Climate Variability ...............................77 CL5 Carbon Benefits Withheld from Regulatory Markets ................................83 V. COMMUNITY SECTION ....................................................................................84Standards CM1 Net Positive Community Impacts .............................................................84 CM2 Offsite Stakeholder Impacts ......................................................................88 CM3 Community Impact Monitoring ................................................................89 CM4 Capacity Building......................................................................................90CCB CM5 Best Practices in Community Involvement...............................................92 VI. BIODIVERSITY SECTION ...............................................................................95 B1 Net Positivebefore Biodiversity Impacts ...............................................................95 B2 Offsite Biodiversity Impacts......................................................................101 B3 Biodiversity Impact Monitoring ................................................................102 B4 Native Species Use ....................................................................................102 B5 Water and Soil Resource Enhancement.....................................................103 VII. COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY..........................................................................105 withdrawn Project 2 Gen Clim Comm Bio I. GENERAL INFORMATION Location of the project: Country: Brazil 2011 Nearest City: Palmas, State of Tocantins (TO) 2, District: Taquarussu May Geographic Location of the project activities: meridians 48°03’W and 48°21’W and latitude parallels 9°43’ and 10°28’ S. Implementing Organization: validation, Ecologica Institute – IE (Instituto Ecológica) Name of the Contact Person: Luiz Eduardo Leal Title:Technical Director Standards Address: Quadra 103 Sul, Rua SO-03, Lote 28 – Palmas, TO - Brazil CCB Telephone Number: +55 63 3215 1279 E-mail:[email protected] Website:www.ecologica.org.br Primary Functions of Ecologica Institute: IE is responsible for the project coordination and projectwithdrawn activities Institutional Partners: Project A) Cantor CO2e Brazil Name of the Contact Person: Diego Machado Carrion Serrano 3 Gen Clim Comm Bio Title:Technical Coordinator Address: Rua Borges Lagoa 1065, conjunto 146 Vila Clementino – São Paulo – SP Brazil 2011 Telephone Number: +55 11 5083 3252 2, E-mail:[email protected] May Website:www.cantorco2e.com Primary Functions of Cantor CO2e Brazil: Cantor CO2 Brazil is responsible for the Project Document Development (PDD) validation, B) Carbonfund.org Name of the Contact Person: Eric Carlson Title:Executive Directory Standards Telephone Number: (240) 595-6890 E-mail:[email protected] CCB Website:www.carbonfund.org before Primary Functions of Carbonfund.org: Carbonfund.org is responsible for the Project Articulation between the Hyundai (financial input) and with Ecologica Institute and Cantor CO2e Brasil. withdrawn Project 4 Gen Clim Comm Bio II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The project area is located inside the APA Serrado Lajeado and to the South of the Serra do Lajeado State Park, which are protected areas that play an important role for the conservation of biodiversity, based on their respective conceptual and legal nuances. In this conservation 2011 context, the project intends to reforest 130 hectares with Brazilian Savannah native species. In 2, the future, this area must be transformed in a Legal Reserve according to the Article 16 of the Brazilian Forest Code 4.771/65, which will serve as a refuge for local fauna, increasingMay the forestry physiognomy area inside the conservation unity of APA Serra do Lageado, and lending to greater linkage between other forest fragments in the region. The Genesis Forest Project was conceived to align different strategies in order to support environment and social aspects by joining activities of reforestation, conservation, fire combat, local community capacitating in sustainable management as well asvalidation, environmental education. The reforestation, workshops and training courses will be done in the private properties of the Ecológica Institute in the vicinity of the Ecológica Ranch, in the Taquaruçu district of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. This region contains areas favorable to conservation (see REDD project) as well degraded land that are the focus of the reforestation strategies. Standards The combination of recuperation of degraded lands, conservation and social engagement in the areas near the project brings to the region the possibility of the rising of a new paradigm in terms of the necessity to combat andCCB avoid the use of fire as a management tool and also to create a culture of sustainable income generation by using and processing biodiversity products. These approaches in terms of capacitating, environment education, as well as fire brigade support, are expectedbefore to generate significant “positive leakage” beyond the reforestation activities benefits. All these activities would be aligned and backed by initiatives of the Center for Biodiversity Learning and Climate Change –Ecotropical Center, conceived by the Ecológica Institute and inserted in the project area. Inwithdrawn the absence of the project, use and occupation of the project area suggests a tendency to maintain the pasture and periodical fires, and no significant changes would be expected in common practices in terms of land use and use of fire as management tool in the region as a whole. Project The absence of project activities, besides the previously mentioned direct environmental impacts, would imply the reduction of the surrounding community’s chances to participate in 5 Gen Clim Comm Bio capacity building and dissemination of knowledge about Savannah conservation and proper use of its natural resources. Furthermore they would be excluded from the benefits arising from the planned parallel activities of the project such as support and training of the local fire brigade, Artisans and other groups. From the perspective of project area without the intervention of project activities, 130 hectares would remain degraded and none social and environmental activity would be done together with 2011 the community. Note that the tendency in the region is in the use of land for subsistence 2, agriculture and pasture whose output is destined for commercial sale. This form of activity implies the degradation of vegetation cover from the use of fire as a pasture orMay crop management tool, and promotes the removal of scarce organic matter in the soil. Furthermore, the activity promotes the emission of available carbon (as well as other non-carbon gases) associated with the complete (CO2) or incomplete (CO) combustion of biomass in both vegetation and soil into the atmosphere. With resources stemming from the reforestation carbon credits, communitiesvalidation, in the region will be able to participate on activities of appropriate use of native tree species (non-timber use), as well as of activities to strengthen the regional fire brigade’s ability to fight fires. The goal of the project in a broader sense goes beyond simple reforestation of Savannah forest fragments, aiming to disseminate new practices that promote a new paradigm of production and conservation for the region. Standards As a direct impact of the project CCBin terms of climate, it is expected that the reforestation activities will remove from the atmosphere in 40 years