Guide to Monitoring Carbon Storage in Forestry and Agroforestry Projects

摘要

As the international Joint Implementation (JI) program develops a system for211u001etrading carbon credits to offset greenhouse gas emissions, project managers need 211u001ea reliable basis for measuring the carbon storage benefits of carbon offset 211u001eprojects. Monitoring and verifying carbon storage can be expensive, depending on 211u001ethe level of scientific validity needed. This guide describes a system of cost-211u001eeffective methods for monitoring and verification on a commercial basis, for 211u001ethree types of land use; forest plantations, managed natural forests and 211u001eagroforestry. Winrock International's Forest Carbon Monitoring Program developed 211u001ethis system with its partners as a way to provide reliable results using accepted 211u001eprinciples and practices of forest inventory, soil science and ecological 211u001esurveys. Perhaps most important, the system brings field research methods to bear 211u001eon commercial-scale inventories, at levels of precision specified by funding 211u001eagencies.