ONTARIO BIODIVERSITY AFFORESTATION PROJECT PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT A Carbon Sequestration Project for the Renewal of High Biodiversity Forest on inactive Land ISO 14064-2 Prepared by Forest Carbon Alliance Inc. (Currently Undergoing Validation) Authored by ETIENNE GREEN R.P.F. Table of Contents 1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 TITLE & TYPE ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 LOCATIONS & CONDITIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.3.1 Project Region Boundaries ................................................................................................................... 7 1.3.2 Geology & Climate ..................................................................................................................................... 9 1.3.3 Project Area(s) within the Region ................................................................................................... 11 1.4 GHG REMOVAL MECHANISM & TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................... 14 1.4.1 Predictive Modeling ............................................................................................................................... 14 1.4.1.1 MIST .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.4.1.2 CBM-CFS3 ............................................................................................................................................... 15 1.4.1.3 Allometric Equations ......................................................................................................................... 15 1.5 GHG EMISSIONS AND REMOVAL ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................... 15 1.6 IDENTIFICATION OF RISK ............................................................................................................................... 15 1.6.1 Risk of Inaccurate Estimation of Future Yields ......................................................................... 16 1.6.2 Risk of Reversal ........................................................................................................................................ 16 1.6.3 Reserve Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 20 1.6.4 Leakage Assessment .............................................................................................................................. 20 1.7 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ..................................................................................................................... 20 1.7.1 Management and Technical Planning Team .............................................................................. 21 1.7.2 Project Implementation Team .......................................................................................................... 22 1.7.3 Advisory Group ......................................................................................................................................... 22 1.7.4 Contacts ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.8 ELIGIBILITY ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.8.1 GHG Standards and Compliance with Good Practice Guidance (GPG) ............................ 23 1.8.2 Deviances from Methodologies and Assumptions ..................................................................... 25 1.9 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................... 25 1.10 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................. 25 1.10.1 Partnership Outreach ......................................................................................................................... 25 1.10.2 Public Consultation Review Period ............................................................................................... 26 1.11 PROJECT CYCLES ........................................................................................................................................... 26 1.11.1 Schedules .................................................................................................................................................. 26 1.11.2 Project Processes .................................................................................................................................. 27 1.11.3 Community Employment Engagement ....................................................................................... 34 1.11.4 Worker training and orientation and relevant law .............................................................. 34 1.11.5 Schedule of Activities .......................................................................................................................... 35 1.11.6 Dispute and Grievance Resolution ................................................................................................ 35 1.11.7 Description of Project Activities ..................................................................................................... 35 11.12 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT CYCLE ........................................................................................................... 36 2.0 IDENTIFYING GHG SOURCES, SINKS AND RESERVOIRS TO THE PROJECT ................ 37 2.1 ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING CONTROLLED, RELATED AND AFFECTED SSR’S ........... 37 2.2 DESCRIPTION OF IDENTIFIED CONTROLLED SSRS ................................................................................... 37 2.2.1 Above & Below Ground Biomass ....................................................................................................... 38 2.2.2 Soil Organic Carbon ............................................................................................................................... 38 2.2.3 Dead Organic Material & Litter ........................................................................................................ 39 2.3 DESCRIPTION IDENTIFIED OF RELATED SSR ............................................................................................. 39 2.4 DESCRIPTION OF IDENTIFIED AFFECTED SSR ........................................................................................... 39 3.0 DETERMINING BASELINE SCENARIO ..................................................................................... 40 3.1 CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING AND JUSTIFYING THE BASELINE SCENARIO ................................................. 40 2 3.2 EXISTING AND ALTERNATE ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................... 40 3.2.1 Identification of alternative land use scenarios to A/R project activity ......................... 41 3.2.2 Barrier Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 42 3.2.3 Investment Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 45 3.2.4 Common Practice Analysis .................................................................................................................. 45 3.3 ASSUMPTION, DATA AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY ............................................................................ 45 3.4 PRESENT OR FUTURE RELEVANT INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 49 3.5 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PROJECT AND BASELINE SCENARIO ........................................................ 49 4.0 DETERMINING GHG SSR’S RELEVANT TO THE BASELINE SCENARIO ......................... 49 4.1 CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING GHG SSR’S RELEVANT TO THE PROJECT .................... 49 4.1.1 Baseline Carbon Stocks ......................................................................................................................... 49 4.2 ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING BASELINE GHG SSR ............................................................. 50 4.3 RELEVANT SSR TO THE PROJECT SCENARIO ............................................................................................. 50 4.4 RELEVANT SSR TO THE BASELINE SCENARIO ........................................................................................... 50 4.5 COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PROJECT SSR AND BASELINE GHG SSR ................................................ 50 5.0 SELECTING GHG SSR FOR MONITORING AND ESTIMATION .......................................... 51 5.1 CRITERIA AND PROCEDURE FOR SELECTED SSR ...................................................................................... 51 5.2 ESTIMATED GHG SSR ...................................................................................................................................