A proposal to increase the small scale limit for A/R Projects  (Aforestation and Reforestation) can be downloaded  from the ENCOFOR website at http://www.joanneum.at/encofor/publicati…

This proposal and other issues concerning community based A/R & biomass projects
will be presented at COP-12 in Nairobi on Thursday, 9 November at 15:15 in the
African Tulip Tree Room. The side event “Community-based AR & biomass projects -
report from a developers’ workshop”, hosted by ENCOFOR will include:
- A summary of a developers’ workshop;
- Presentations of sample case studies;
- A methodology for non-renewable biomass;
- A proposal to increase the small scale limit for A/R Projects; and
- A panel discussion on barriers to project development.

ENCOFOR (”ENvironment and COmmunity based framework for designing afFORestation,
reforestation and revegetation projects in the CDM: methodology development and
case studies”) is a EuropeAID funded project that aims at maximizing synergies
between the sequestration of carbon (withdrawal of CO2 from the atmosphere) and the creation of
benefits for the local environment and local stakeholders.

Neil Bird
Joanneum Research
Elisabethstrasse 5
A-8010, Graz, Austria
E-mail:  neil.bird at joanneum.at
Tel: +43 316 876 1423
Fax: +43 316 876 91423