33rd Meeting of the CDM Executive Board
July 25 - 27, Bonn, UNFCCC headquarters

Forestry Methodologies
The Executive Board (EB) approved a new methodology AR-AM0008 “Afforestation or reforestation on degraded land for sustainable wood production” based on the submission ARNM0028-rev: Reforestation on degraded land for sustainable wood production of woodchips in the eastern coast of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar).
A new small-scale methodology for forestry on settlements was approved. Small-scale methodology AR-AMS0001 for forestry implemented on grasslands or croplands was revised (version 04) to improve and simplify procedures for the estimation of biomass stocks in the baseline, and the emissions resulting from fertilizer use and leakage.
The EB decided to reconsider the draft “Procedure to demonstrate the eligibility of lands for afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM” following a planned revision of the additionality tool for A/R CDM project activities.
The Board agreed on the three following methodological tools:
• for estimation of GHG emissions related to fossil fuel combustion in A/R CDM project activities;
• for determining when accounting of the soil organic carbon pool may be conservatively neglected;
• for estimation of direct nitrous oxide emission from nitrogen fertilization.

Programme of Activities (PoA)
The EB agreed to the guidance on POA with regard to the application of methodologies and debundling for small-scale and small-scale afforestation and reforestation CPAs.
The EB approved the CDM Programme of Activities Design Document form (PoA-DD), CDM Programme Activity Design Document form (PoA-CPA-DD), Small-Scale CDM PoA Design Document form (SSC-PoA-DD) and Small-Scale CDM Programme Activity Design Document form (PoA-CPA-SSC-DD). It was clarified that the registration fee for a PoA is based on the total expected annual emission reductions of the CPA(s) that will be submitted together with the request for registration of the PoA. For each CPA which is included subsequently, no fee is to be paid.

Report and resulting documents