CORDILLERA AZUL NATIONAL PARK REDD PROJECT Document Prepared By Centro de Conservación, Investigación y Manejo de Areas Naturales – Cordillera Azul Lima, Peru with technical assistance from The Field Museum Chicago, USA and TerraCarbon, LLC Peoria, USA Project Title Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project Version Version 1.0 Date of Issue September 6, 2012 Prepared By CIMA with technical assistance from The Field Museum and TerraCarbon Contact Christina Magerkurth, The Field Museum 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 [email protected], p: 630-947-9563 1 Table of Contents 1. Project Details ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Summary Description of the Project ............................................................................................ 9 1.2 Sectoral Scope and Project Type .............................................................................................. 10 1.3 Project Proponent (CCB: G4.1, G4.2, G4.3, G4.4, G4.6, G4.7) ................................................ 10 1.3.1 Park Management Team Skills and Experience ................................................................... 10 1.3.2 Worker Training and Safety ................................................................................................... 15 1.3.3 CIMA Financial ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.4 Other Entities Involved in the Project (CCB: G4.2).................................................................... 16 1.5 Project Start Date ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.6 Project Crediting Period (CCB: G3.4, G3.7) .............................................................................. 16 1.7 Project Scale and Estimated GHG Emission Reductions or Removals .................................... 17 1.8 Description of the Project Activity (CCB: G3.1, G3.2, G3.4, CL3.2, CM3.3, B3.3) .................... 18 1.8.1 Project Activities .................................................................................................................... 18 1.9 Project Location (CCB: G1.1, G1.2, G1.3, G1.4, G3.3) ............................................................. 21 1.9.1 Soils and Geology ................................................................................................................. 23 1.9.2 Climatic Conditions ................................................................................................................ 26 1.9.3 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................. 28 1.10 Conditions Prior to Project Initiation (CCB: G1.5, G1.7) ............................................................ 28 1.10.1 Human Communities in the Project Zone ......................................................................... 29 1.10.2 Demographics ................................................................................................................... 32 1.10.3 Summary of Changes between 2003 and 2008 ............................................................... 35 1.10.4 Land Use and Property Rights (CCB: G1.6, G5.2, G5.3, G5.4, G5.5) ............................. 35 1.10.5 Biodiversity (CCB: GL3.1) ................................................................................................. 38 1.10.6 Endemism and Unique Species (CCB: GL3.1) ................................................................. 39 1.10.7 High Conservation Values (HCVs) (CCB: G1.8) ............................................................... 40 1.11 Compliance with Laws, Statutes and Other Regulatory Frameworks (CCB:G2.2,G4.5,G5.1) . 43 1.11.1 Worker Regulations........................................................................................................... 43 1.11.2 Regulatory Additionality .................................................................................................... 43 1.12 Ownership and Other Programs ................................................................................................ 43 1.12.1 Proof of Title (CCB: G5.2, G5.3, G5.4, G5.6) ................................................................... 43 1.12.2 Emissions Trading Programs and Other Binding Limits (CCB: CL1.5) ............................ 44 1.12.3 Participation under Other GHG Programs (CCB: CL1.5) ................................................. 44 1.12.4 Other Forms of Environmental Credit (CCB: CL1.5) ........................................................ 44 1.12.5 Projects Rejected by Other GHG Programs ..................................................................... 44 1.13 Additional Information Relevant to the Project .......................................................................... 44 1.13.1 Eligibility Criteria ................................................................................................................ 44 1.13.2 Leakage Management (CCB: CL2.2)................................................................................ 44 1.13.3 Commercially Sensitive Information .................................................................................. 44 1.13.4 Risk Assessment (CCB: G3.5) .......................................................................................... 45 1.13.5 Further Information (CCB: G2.4) ....................................................................................... 45 2. Application of Methodology (CCB: G2.3, CL3.1) ................................................................................ 51 2.1 Title and Reference of Methodology .......................................................................................... 51 2.2 Applicability of Methodology ...................................................................................................... 51 2.3 Project Boundary (CCB: CL1.2, CL2.4) ..................................................................................... 53 2.3.1 Project Greenhouse Gas Sources, Sinks and Reservoirs .................................................... 53 2.4 Baseline Scenario (G1.7, G2.1, G2.4, G2.5, G3.6) ................................................................... 55 2.4.1 Baseline Identification and Justification ................................................................................ 55 2.4.2 Human Communities: Baseline Conditions (Without the Project) ......................................... 56 2.4.3 Biodiversity: Conditions Without the Project ......................................................................... 58 2.5 Additionality (G2.2, G3.11, G4.7) .............................................................................................. 59 2.5.1 Investment Analysis .............................................................................................................. 59 2.5.2 Common Practice .................................................................................................................. 60 2.5.3 Financial Plan ........................................................................................................................ 61 2 2.6 Methodology Deviations ............................................................................................................ 63 3. Quantification of GHG Emission Reductions and Removals (CCB: G2.3, CL1.1, CL2.1, CL2.2) ..... 63 3.1.1 Definition of geographic and temporal boundaries (CCB: G3.3) ........................................... 63 3.1.2 Estimation of Annual Areas of Unplanned Deforestation ...................................................... 65 3.1.3 Collection and processing of appropriate data sources ........................................................ 66 3.1.4 Dynamic analysis of correlation between population and deforestation ............................... 66 3.1.5 Project population in the RRD (alternate) ............................................................................. 69 3.1.6 Project deforestation in the RRL and project area as a function of population (alternate) ... 71 3.1.7 Projected Deforestation Location .......................................................................................... 72 3.1.8 Results ................................................................................................................................... 78 3.1.9 Mapping of the Locations of Future Deforestation ................................................................ 91 3.1.10 Estimation of Carbon Stock Changes (Baseline Emissions G1.5) ................................... 93 3.2 Project Emissions (CCB: CL1.3) ............................................................................................. 101 3.3 Leakage (CCB: CL2.3) ............................................................................................................ 103 3.4 Summary of GHG Emission Reductions and Removals (CCB: CL1.4, CL2.3) ....................... 113 4. Monitoring (CL2.2, CL3.2, CM3.2) ................................................................................................... 113 4.1 Data and Parameters Available at Validation .......................................................................... 113 4.2 Data and Parameters Monitored ............................................................................................