Manual for social impact assessment of land-based carbon projects

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Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This is partly necessary for market confidence as offset buyers increasingly seek evidence that they are getting what they pay for, including co-benefits. RESULTS Forest Trends released a first version of its manual in June , proceeded to test it in the field see case studies listed on this page and solicited feedback.

A second version, which integrated biodiversity concerns as well, was released in the fall of in three parts: a core guidance document and two toolkits for social and bioversity impact assessments. These wider benefits include: strategic project design necessary for achieving social and biodiversity objectives clear objectives are essential for identifying monitoring indicators ; participation of project stakeholders; promotion of adaptive project management; and the ease of understanding and explaining the results to a range of stakeholders.

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The Manual was field-tested in in Brazil, Guatemala and Peru. Privacy Policy.