Methodologies - Forestry
VM0009 Methodology for Avoided Ecosystem Conversion, v3.0
Developer
Wildlife Works
Sectoral Scope
14. Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
Status
Approved
06 June 2014
This methodology pioneered by Wildlife Works provides a means to quantify net GHG emission reductions and removals from project activities that prevent conversion of forest to non-forest and of native grassland and shrubland to a non-native state. Version 3.0 differentiates between eight baseline types based on the type of ecosystem, the proximate agent of conversion, the drivers of conversion, whether the specific agent of conversion can be identified and the progression of conversion. A single project may include one or more baseline types.
Tools
Document History
Public Comment
Assessor
Environmental Services, Inc.
Second Assessor
DNV GL Climate Change Services
Methodologies

Energy

Industrial processing
energy
industrial processing

Construction

Transport
construction
transport

Waste

Mining
waste
mining

Agriculture

Forestry
agriculture
forestry

Grasslands

Wetlands
grasslands
wetlands

Livestock & manure

This methodology was open for public comment from 15 October 2013 until 14 November 2013. Public comments are closed.