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Mar 31, 2022 · Verra is updating all VCS Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation and Degradation (AUDD) methodologies (VM0006, VM0007, VM0009, VM0015, VM0037) to reflect current best practices and state-of-the art thinking on carbon accounting for REDD+ activities. The revised methodologies will include standardized procedures for activity data generation, baseline development, monitoring, and leakage. These ...
Jul 14, 2011 · The approach, called VM0015 Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation, was assessed by two independent validation bodies under the VCS Methodology Approval Process. The first independent validation body was Bureau Veritas Certification and the second was Rainforest Alliance, contracted directly by the VCS Association.
Apr 12, 2023 · them with unplanned deforestation AD generated by Verra for the UDef PA and leakage belt (LB). • Procedures for estimating the net GHG emissions from displacement of unplanned deforestation (leakage due to activity shifting) triggered by projects preventing unplanned deforestation. Leakage inside and beyond the area directly around the
Nov 27, 2023 · Deforestation accounts for as much as a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon markets are the best and most readily available tool we have for forest protection. Today marks a substantial advancement for ensuring the integrity of REDD and supporting the scaling up of these critical activities.”
Aug 7, 2020 · Controlling deforestation (shown here, in a tropical rainforest in the Congo Basin) could decrease the risk of future pandemics, experts say. Credit: Patrick Landmann/Science Photo Library. As ...
Apr 20, 2023 · In the most extensive evolution of the methodologies, the updated draft will replace five separate methodologies that include Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation (AUD) activities – a substantial subset of REDD projects – with one consolidated methodology: the Methodology for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (PDF).
Apr 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON, DC – 19 April 2023 | Verra, the world’s leading standards setter for climate action and sustainable development, today reached a major milestone in its years-long process to update its REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) methodologies to ensure the integrity and quality of its forest carbon credits: it made public for the first time the updated ...
