Library

• Plan Vivo Mexico Document Library
• Plan Vivo Uganda Document Library
• Plan Vivo Mozambique Document Library

Documents and press

The recent report State of the Voluntary Carbon Market, May 2008, mentions the Plan Vivo methodologies.

WWF have recently released A comparison of Carbon Offset Standards - Making Sense of the Voluntary Carbon Market., March 2008.

The Carbon Trust three stage approach to developing a robust offsetting strategy. The Carbon Trust, November 2006

The Plan Vivo experience with carbon service provision and the potential lessons for watershed service projects, J. Orrego, ECCM. July 2005.

The new version of the Plan Vivo Standards is available. Comments are welcome, please contact us if you would like comment.

Presentations

Plan Vivo so far - April 2007. A presentation for the Workshop at ECCM for project development.

Professor Grace, J (2007) Carbon, Climate and Forests University of Edinburgh

The Plan Vivo system Orrego, J (2004), ECCM

Grace, J (2004) The global Carbon Cycle The University of Edinburgh

Carbon Finance and The Voluntary Carbon Markets as a Conservation Tool K. Hamilton, Ecosystem Marketplace, July 31, 2007.

Recommended reading / background reading

Carbon Forestry: Who will benefit? Proceedings from the workshop on Carbon Sequestration and Rural Livelihoods. Eds. Murdiyarso and Herawati (2005) Centre for International Forestry Research.

Mexico and Emerging Carbon Markets. Investment Opportunities for Small and Medium-size Companies and the global Climate Agenda. (2001) Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Guidance on Baseline Methodologies and Crediting Periods for LULUCF Projects in the CDM (2002) Tipper, R., Carr, R. and McGhee, W. The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management, and the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.

This document cites Scolel Te as an example project.

IIED natural resource issues paper, Laying the Foundations for Clean Development: Preparing the Land Use Sector. A quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism. DFID Forestry Research Programme 2002.

The Plan Vivo system, and the Scolel Te project are discussed as examples of land use projects operating outwith the CDM.

A Working Paper on The Voluntary Carbon Market: Current & Future Market Status, and Implications for Development Benefits Current & Future Market Status, and Implications for Development Benefits. Harris, E. Outcome from IIED round table discussion: Can Voluntary Carbon Offsets assist Development (2006)

A working Paper: The possibilities for combining mitigation and adaptation in volnerable communities in the developing world. Ayres, J. & Huq, S. Outcome from IIED round table discussion: Can Voluntary Carbon Offsets assist Development (2006)

Grace, J. Understanding and managing the global carbon cycle, Journal of Ecology (2004). 92, 189 - 202.

Can Permanence be Insured, Consideration of some Technical and Practical Issues of Insuring Carbon Credits from Afforestation and Reforestation. Hamburg Institute of International Economics (2003) Wong, J & Dutschke (2003).

Forest Carbon and Local Livelihoods: Assessment of Opportunities and Policy Recommendations. Smith, J. and Scherr, S.J. (2002) A CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research) Occasional Paper No. 37.

Fuelwood Revisited Arnold et al. (2003) A CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research) Occasional Paper No. 39.

Mobilizing Carbon Related Investment to Combat Desertification. An overview of issues associated with mobilizing greenhouse gas mitigation-related finance towards the objectives of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Tipper, R (2002)

A New Agenda for Forest Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Making Markets Work for Low-Income Producers. Forest Trends (2004) Scherr, S.J., White, A. & Kaimowitz, D.

Rural livelihoods and Carbon Mangement (2000) DFID Forestry Research Programme.

Silver Bullet or Fools' Gold? A global review of markets for environmental services and their impact on the poor. (2002) Landell-Mills, N. & Porras, I.T. IIED, London

Links

Forestry methodologies

• Further information about the tree species used in the project's land use systems can be found in the World Agroforestry Centre's tree database

Kyoto Protocol and the CDM

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• The UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism
• Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change
• CDM capacity.org (information on the CDM)

Carbon Brokers and resellers

• The Carbon Neutral Company
• EnviroMarket
• Co2 Logic
• Envirotrade
• CO2e.com
• Natsource
• Prima Klima
• World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund
• Dutch government SENTER programme

Verification

• SGS
• GTZ
• SmartWood (Rainforest Alliance)
• KPMG
• Gerling

Carbon modelling and baselines

• CO2FIX
• CLIMAFOR

Other

• Global Environment Facility
• European Tropical Forest Research Network climate change and people and forests programmes
• UK Department for International Development
• Centre for International Forestry Research