Wetlands and carbon standards group
Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) will lead a technical working group that will develop requirements for quantifying and crediting the greenhouse gas benefits of several new types of wetlands conservation projects under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program.
VCS provides requirements for crediting various types of Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) projects, including those on peatlands, but has yet to develop requirements specific to crediting projects in other types of wetlands. The working group will draft requirements for crediting a range of wetlands project types, likely to include mangroves and coastal and tidal wetlands.
The working group includes:
Steve Emmett-Mattox, Restore America’s Estuaries
Dr. Stephen Crooks, ESA PWA
Dr. Igino Emmer, Silvestrum
Dr. Boone Kauffman, USDA Forest Service
Dr. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Dr. Hans Joosten, Greifswald University, Germany
Carolyn Ching, Verified Carbon Standard Association
In May, the technical working group will begin to develop draft requirements for crediting the additional wetlands project types. By September, the group aims to complete a first round of draft requirements, governing issues such as defining eligible project areas and carbon pools, establishing baseline scenarios, quantifying GHG emissions reductions in project and baseline scenarios, monitoring and measuring of carbon stocks, and addressing leakage and other non-permanence issues. The draft requirements will undergo peer review, public consultation and revision before being incorporated into the VCS Program requirements.
For more information:
Steve Emmett-Mattox/Restore America’s Estuaries: 720-300-3139; sem@estuaries.org
Dr. Stephen Crooks/ESA PWA: 415-262-2358; scrooks@esassoc.com
Dr. Igino Emmer/Silvestrum: 31 653 699610; igino.emmer@silvestrum.com
For more information on the VCS Program and requirements, please see www.v-c-s.org or email secretariat@v-c-s.org. Reporters may contact Andrea Welsh at awelsh@v-c-s.org +1-202-460-5980
The working group includes:
Steve Emmett-Mattox, Restore America’s Estuaries
Dr. Stephen Crooks, ESA PWA
Dr. Igino Emmer, Silvestrum
Dr. Boone Kauffman, USDA Forest Service
Dr. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Dr. Hans Joosten, Greifswald University, Germany
Carolyn Ching, Verified Carbon Standard Association
In May, the technical working group will begin to develop draft requirements for crediting the additional wetlands project types. By September, the group aims to complete a first round of draft requirements, governing issues such as defining eligible project areas and carbon pools, establishing baseline scenarios, quantifying GHG emissions reductions in project and baseline scenarios, monitoring and measuring of carbon stocks, and addressing leakage and other non-permanence issues. The draft requirements will undergo peer review, public consultation and revision before being incorporated into the VCS Program requirements.
For more information:
Steve Emmett-Mattox/Restore America’s Estuaries: 720-300-3139; sem@estuaries.org
Dr. Stephen Crooks/ESA PWA: 415-262-2358; scrooks@esassoc.com
Dr. Igino Emmer/Silvestrum: 31 653 699610; igino.emmer@silvestrum.com
For more information on the VCS Program and requirements, please see www.v-c-s.org or email secretariat@v-c-s.org. Reporters may contact Andrea Welsh at awelsh@v-c-s.org +1-202-460-5980
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