VCS Project ID 2367
https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/2367 Project Proponent: Burapha Agroforestry Co. Ltd Geographical Location: Vientiane, Lao Accounting Area: 3536 ha Scope of CDM Activities: Afforestation, Reforestation Carbon Pools: Included: AGB, BGB, Soil; Not included: Deadwood, Litter Gases: CO2 Status: Registered View Issuance Records: https://registry.verra.org/app/search/VCS?programType=ISSUANCE&exactResId=2367 View Buffer Pool Records: https://registry.verra.org/app/search/VCS?programType=BUFFER&exactResId=2367 Summary Description of the Project: The proposed VCS grouped project “Afforestation in Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations for Burapha Agroforestry Co., Ltd.”(hereafter ‘Burapha’), represents one of the first major afforestation projects of the private sector in Lao PDR. It promotes and implements afforestation of Eucalyptus and Acacia agroforestry plantations on degraded areas. These areas are either village owned or part of governmental “Forest Protection Areas”, which entirely are degraded by swidden agriculture for rice cropping by local communities. The plantations are established in the Prefecture of Vientiane and the Provinces of Vientiane, Xayabouly, and Saysomboun in Lao PDR. Local villagers are allowed to use the plantations for intercropping or grazing, which is part of the Agroforestry approach of the project. Burapha is a Lao-Swedish company that aims to produce high quality timber for the veneer, plywood and sawmill industry. The project generates GHG removals through tree and soil carbon sequestration. These credits are generated using the CDM methodology AR-ACM0003: “Afforestation and reforestation of lands except wetlands” (version 2). Burapha is also FSC certified and managed to plant successfully about 3,475ha by 2020, contracted from 23 villages and plans to scale up its plantations to 15,000 ha by 2021. The future goal is to manage 68,750ha of forests in total, consisting of approximately 55,000 ha of plantations and13,750ha of protected areas. These protected areas correspond to20% of the total area, which are set aside for conservation management. The main tree species of the project are the exotic species of Eucalyptus cumadulensis or cross with E. urophylla, E. pellits, or E. grandis) which is planted on 66% of the area and Acacia auriculiformis with subsequent 33% of the planting area. The rotation period is 7 years and during the first years the local farmers can do intercropping. Between years 3 to 7 cattle grazing is allowed on the plantation areas and in the years 3 and 4 the plantations get thinned out. After the first rotation the Eucalypts get coppiced and replanted after each second rotation. The project will generate average removals of 130.2 tCO2/ha. Over a crediting period of 20 years the project will generate 408,682 tCO2e and 20,434 tCO2/yr.