Approved 17 March 2017
Outcome Label
Eligibility
Pending Methodology Update
14. Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
This methodology quantifies the GHG emission reductions and removals generated in mosaic and landscape scale REDD+ projects by allowing such project activities to be combined with improved forest management, afforestation, reforestation and re-vegetation activities, as well as clean cookstoves initiatives. This allows for a more holistic landscape approach to REDD+ activities that integrates efforts to protect forests with programs to improve the livelihoods of rural communities.
This methodology is applicable to forest that would be deforested in the absence of the project activity. Deforestation and degradation in the baseline would be caused by 1) conversion of forest to crop-land or grazing land for small-scale farming, 2) conversion of forest land to settlements, 3) logging of timber for commercial sale, 4) logging of timber for local and domestic use, 5) fuel-wood collection of charcoal production or 6) forest fires.
Development History
VM0006 Carbon Accounting for Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects, v2.2
Status: Active since March 17, 2017
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Pending Methodology Update
Summary of Changes:
- Incorporated 10 December 2014 errata which removed unnecessary applicability conditions related to data requirements for determining the baseline scenario (Section 4.1.1).
- Clarified that GWP values shall be derived from sources specified by the VCS rules (Sections 8.2.4, 8.2.5.5, 8.3.4.2.2, 9.1).
Developer(s): Terra Global Capital (external)
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s): N/A – minor revision
VM0006 Carbon Accounting for Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects, v2.1 (PDF)
Status: Active from January 24, 2014 to March 16, 2017
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Not Eligible
Summary of Changes:
- A procedure to determine a leakage cancellation rate for the conversion of forest land to infrastructure has been incorporated.
- Revisions were made to align all market leakage procedures with the discount factor approach set out in AFOLU Requirements v3.4.
Developer(s): Terra Global Capital (external)
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s): First Assessment Report for VM0006, v2.1 (PDF), Second Assessment Report for VM0006 v2.1 (PDF)
Errata & Clarifications: Errata and Clarifications to VM0006, v2.1 (PDF)
VM0006 Carbon Accounting for Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects, v2.0 (PDF)
Status: Active from October 21, 2013 to January 23, 2014
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Not Eligible
Summary of Changes:
- Revisions were made to accommodate a wider range of drivers of deforestation and degradation as well as a wider range of project activities.
- Simplifications were made in the procedures to determine historical LULC transition rates and the area of the reference region.
- Quantification of carbon in above ground non-tree pools and soil carbon pools have been incorporated.
- The decay of carbon in belowground biomass and soil carbon pools have been quantified such that immediate release of carbon is not assumed.
Developer(s): Terra Global Capital (external)
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s): N/A
VM0006 Carbon Accounting for Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects, v1.0 (PDF)
Status: Active from December 3, 2010 to October 20, 2013
Mitigation Outcome Label Eligibility: Not Eligible
Developer(s): Terra Global Capital (external)
Dates of Public Consultation: June 28, 2009 to July 28, 2009
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report(s): N/A