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Plan Vivo – Carbon management and rural livelihoods

• What is carbon offsetting?

• The Carbon Market

• The Plan Vivo Standard

• Plan Vivo activities in Malawi

Contact Elaine Muir

email: elaine@planvivofoundation.org Tel: 0131 672 3782 | Fax: 0131 672 9299

Tower Mains Studios 18b Liberton Brae Edinburgh EH16 6AE

www.planvivo.org

What is carbon offsetting?

• This involves calculating a person or entity’s GHG emissions and then purchasing ‘credits’ from emission reduction projects that have removed an equivalent amount from the atmosphere.

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The Carbon Market

• Buyers and sellers trade GHG emissions

• Carbon credit = avoidance/sequestration of one tonne of CO2, in comparison to baseline, or BAU

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ISO 14064 37%

VCS + ACR 35%

Plan Vivo 10%

SGS 4%

CCB 3%

CAR 2%

CCB + VCS 2%

Other 6%

The Role of Carbon Standards

• Transparency • Quality assurance • Represent different

project types (Plan Vivo – community based, developing countries)

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The Plan Vivo Standard

• Projects working with rural communities to conserve and restore ecosystems and build sustainable livelihoods

Plan Vivo Standard

History of Plan Vivo

1994 DFID research, Mexico.

Objective: connecting rural farmers to the carbon market

Plan Vivo: Payments for Ecosystem Services

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Ecosystem services supported by trees: • Climate regulation

(carbon services) • Biodiversity • Watersheds (water

availability, quality) • Soil stability • Landscape beauty

Landowners should be compensated for services which benefit the wider region/world

Not just about carbon…

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How does it work? What is a plan vivo?

• Participants draw up plan vivos (management plans)

• Range of activities: Afforestation/reforestation, agroforestry, forest conservation and restoration

• Sale agreements with project coordinator for carbon services

How are carbon services quantified?

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Achievements so far

• Projects under development or operational in 14 countries

• >4500 participants with plan vivos

• >20,000 hectares under management

• ~$6 million channelled to developing countries

• 1,000,000 tCO2 certified to date

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Plan Vivo in Malawi

• Clinton Development Initiative

• Forestry and agroforestry

• > 1200 farmers in Dowa and Neno districts

• 20,000 Plan Vivo Certificates

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How are projects financed?

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Certificate Issuance history

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Plan Vivo Certificates issued: Cumulative actual and 2 year projection

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How is finance shared?

Staged

payment to

communities/

producers

$3.60

Admin’

monitoring, etc

$1.40

Verification,

marketing?

$0.65

Certification $0.35

Example

price:

$6 / tCO2

• Producers must receive an equitable share

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Contact

Elaine Muir

elaine@planvivofoundation.org Tel: 0131 672 3782 | Fax: 0131 672 9299

Tower Mains Studios 18b Liberton Brae Edinburgh EH16 6AE

www.planvivo.org