This module allows for estimating carbon stock changes and GHG emissions related to planned deforestation, planned forest degradation and planned wetland degradation in the baseline scenario.
- New projects and projects that did not initiate the public comment period (i.e., that did not request pipeline listing under validation) before November 27, 2023, have until February 27, 2024, to do so using the previous versions of the methodology.
- Project proponents that have initiated or will initiate a public comment period before February 27, 2024, have until February 27, 2025, to complete validation with previous versions of the methodologies. If they complete validation by then, projects may continue to use these methodologies until they have to transition to the new REDD methodology or until their next baseline reassessment or crediting period renewal, whichever is the earliest.
- Projects validated with previous versions may continue to use these methodologies until they have to transition to the next methodology or until their next baseline reassessment or crediting period renewal, whichever is the earliest.
Development History
Status: Active since 27 November 2023
Summary of Changes:
- Update to the latest VCS methodology template
- Removal of references to VM0007
Developer: Verra
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report: N/A
Status: Active since 8 December 2020
Summary of Changes:
The scope of this module was expanded to include avoided planned wetland degradation as an allowable activity and the following revisions were made:
- Added procedures for avoided planned wetland degradation.
- Updated text to indicate applicable procedures for non-wetland REDD activities, stand-alone APWD activities, and APWDREDD activities.
Developer: Silvestrum Climate Associates
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report: N/A
Status: Active 3 May 2013 to 8 December 2020
Summary of Changes: The module has been revised to correct a mathematical error in Equation 1.
Developer: Winrock International and TerraCarbon
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report: N/A
Status: Active 20 November 2012 to 3 May 2013
Summary of Changes:
The scope of this module was expanded to include avoided planned degradation as an allowable activity and the following revisions were made:
- Renamed “planned deforestation” to “planned deforestation and planned degradation”
Removed the applicability condition “where post-deforestation land use constitutes reforestation this module must not be used” - Added the text “hereafter in this module, “deforestation” refers to both deforestation and planned degradation”
The module was updated to appropriately account for the decay of carbon from the belowground biomass, dead wood, soil carbon and harvested wood products pools, and the following revisions were made:
- The annual area of deforestation was removed from Equation 1 and moved to Section 1.6.
- Equations 4 to 10 account for the carbon stock change in each pool separately
- In equation 11, the carbon stock is emitted annually over 10 years for belowground biomass and dead wood and emitted annually over 20 years for soil carbon and the harvested wood products portion that will be emitted before year 100.
Developer: Avoided Deforestation Partners
Dates of Public Consultation: N/A
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report: N/A
Status: Active 3 December 2010 to 20 November 2013
Developer: Avoided Deforestation Partners
Dates of Public Consultation: 18 May 2009 to 16 June 2009
Summary of Public Consultation: N/A
VVB Assessment Report: VM0007, v1.0 First Assessment Report (PDF), VM0007, v1.0 Second Assessment Report (PDF)