Carbon measuring methods and community work in the NKM Project

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Carbon measuring methods and community work in
the NKM Project

• Bolivia
• National CDM Office
• Bonn, June 2003

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Background The NKM Project (1)

• JI Project
• 634,286 Ha of expansion of a National Park
• Purpose Reduction of emissions by deforestation
  natural forest regeneration
• Activities Averted logging and agricultural
  conversion of forest lands
• Investment 9.6 million US
• Duration 30 years (initial)
• Partners GoB, FAN, TNC, AEP, BP Amoco,
  PacifiCorp
• Projected carbon benefits 3.6 MM tons C (13.2 MM
  tons CO2)
• Ancillary benefits
• Biodiversity protection
• Improved Soil and Water Quality
• Improved Local Air Quality

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Background The NKM Project (2)
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Background The NKM Project (3)

• Technical work on forestry planned at project
  design
• Research and Development (DB and derived
  products)
• Short-term ecosystem protection
• Carbon flux monitoring and verification
• Sustainable Forestry Management Program (with ex
  - loggers)
• Community work
• Community Support Program
• Promotion of DB enterprise Canopy Botanicals
• Fiduciary Fund for long-term conservation
• Ecotourism Program

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Carbon inventoring and monitoring

• Project served for study of forestry variables
  included in the IPCC SR-LULUCF of 2000
• Methods Forest inventory, soil sampling and
  ecological surveys (MacDicken methodology and
  protocol, 1997)
• 625 plots established, statistical sample, 95
  confidence interval of 10
• Plots supply data on carbon inventory of the area
• Pools considered
• Trees with diameter at breast height gt 5 cm. (60
  of C)
• Understory (roots 12)
• Fine litter standing stock (3)
• Standing dead wood (7)
• Soil to 30 cm. Depth (18)
• 95 confidence interval of 4

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Method for estimating averted logging carbon
benefits

• Benfs ?live biomass C ?dead biomass C ?wood
  product C
• ?live biomass C (biomass C from logging damage
  C in timber extracted) x growth factor
• ?dead biomass C (dead biomass from logging
  damage x decomposition factor)
• ?wood products (timber extracted x proportion
  converted to long-lived products)
• Method for measuring C content in biomass
• Destructive sampling
• Trees cut and proportion of biomass cut, standing
  and damaged calculated by several factors and
  formulas
• Wood dried in a furnace, where the contents of
  carbon in the area is determined

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Usefulness of NKM work for future AR projects

• Above ground biomass and root biomass data for
  tropical areas (relationship between them)
• Rates of growth for different tropical species in
  regeneration plots
• Data about wood density and carbon contents
• Data for biomass annual average increase
• Validation of regression equation for estimating
  tree biomass in project areas (native forest)
• Testing of leakage prevention methods with local
  communities
• Testing of simulation models for land use change
• Aerial videography as methods for monitoring
  project area
• Capacity building of local expertise for
  formulation and implementation of forestry
  projects
• Testing of methods for community work

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Community Support Program Components

• Community organisation and land tenure
• Local planning and income generation
• Health policies
• Education
• Communication and infrastructure
• Stakeholder Involvement in conservation / project
  management activities

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Community Organisation and land tenure (1)

• Community Councils organized for each village
• Legal status promoted and processed for each
  Council
• Creation of an Indigenous peoples association
  (Central Indígena del Bajo Paraguá Trade Union)
• Negotiation capacities for Association Leaders
• Funding negotiated by leaders for regularisation
  of land rights
• Advanced process in assignment of land rights for
  indigenous territory (395,000 ha.)

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Community Organisation and land tenure (2)
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Local planning and income generation

• Baseline for Natural Resources Management Plan at
  the IT
• Fisheries Management Plan
• Property Regularisation Plan
• Local Commitee for Loan Management (US 57,500)
• Lodging quarters, tourist guides, horse quarters,
  cattle management, carpenter workshop
• ? of production of winter crops and
  diversification
• Palm hearts cropping outside of Park area

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Health Policies

• Medical personnel assigned to communities
• One medical post (microhospital) Piso Firme
• Refurbishment of medical post at Florida
• Lodging for permanent nurses drugs
• One ambulance at San Ignacio
• Assistance in medical emergencies (flights)
• Perforation of water wells and provision of
  electric pumps

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Education research

• Refurbishment of 4 schools
• Florida, Piso Firme, Porvenir Bella Vista
• Educational material provided to schools
• Long-distance schooling by Internet
• Scholarships in Santa Cruz for best students
• Salaries for additional teachers (to those
  covered by municipalities)
• Research foreign students on community work and
  forestry variables

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Communication infrastructure stakeholder
involvement in protection activities

• Sewer installation for villages
• Road repair and maintenance
• New radio stations at Piso Firme, Cachuela and
  Esperanza
• Involvement in protection activities as Park
  Keepers
• Capacity building to indigenous people for
  forestry management
• Technical directives for fire prevention and
  control

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Comparative Enabling costs for a CDM energy
project in the Bolivian jungle
Example e7 Project (Tahuamanu Isla Marine) total investment 28 MM US CER generated 40,000 tons C/ yr, at 5US/ton ? US 200,000 / yr Example e7 Project (Tahuamanu Isla Marine) total investment 28 MM US CER generated 40,000 tons C/ yr, at 5US/ton ? US 200,000 / yr Example e7 Project (Tahuamanu Isla Marine) total investment 28 MM US CER generated 40,000 tons C/ yr, at 5US/ton ? US 200,000 / yr
ITEM High Estimate (US) Low Estimate (US)
Validation 50,000 30,000
National Approval 20,000 15,000
Registration 30,000 5,000
Verification 20,000 10,000
Adaptation Fund 4,000 4,000
Administrative Costs EB 15,000 10,000
TOTAL 139,000 74,000
of yearly CER (not including monitoring project formulation) 69.5 37.0