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A second reforestation project has been registered by UN authorities, a milestone for the land-use sector after years of setbacks in tree-based carbon sequestration activities under the Kyoto Protocol.
The Moldova Soil Conservation Project was recently approved by the UNs Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board, only the second afforestation and reforestation (A/R) project to reach this stage. Like the first A/R CDM project registered in China, the Moldova project is among a portfolio of 16 World Bank carbon forestry projects.
Being run by the countrys State Forest Agency, Moldsilva, the project will ultimately reforest 20,290 hectares of degraded land belonging to it and local councils. The 20-year project aims to deliver 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 (MtCO2e) emission reductions by 2017 through carbon bio-sequestration in trees and soil. Up to 40 different native and naturalised tree species will be used.
On top of the carbon benefits, the CDM project design document claims the venture contributes to sustainable development by
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