Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Carbon Expo Carbon Expo Press Event Biocarbonfund Press Event Biocarbonfund Cologne, May 10, 2006 Cologne, May 10, 2006 Precious Woods Nicaragua Precious Woods Nicaragua CDM reforestation Project CDM reforestation Project Ted Scheidegger Ted Scheidegger Christoph Buholzer Christoph Buholzer Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 From pasture…
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 …to a forest ecosystem Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Precious Woods 1990 1990 Precious Woods Ltd. is established by a group of Swiss forestry experts; Precious Woods Costa Rica begins to reforest abandoned pasture land 1994 1994 Precious Woods Amazon develops the first sustainable forest management operation in the Amazon - operative from October 1996 1997 1997 Precious Woods Amazon is certified in accordance with the criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 2002 2002 Precious Woods is listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange 2003 2003 Start of CDM reforestation project in Nicaragua 2005 2005 Purchase of wood-chip fired power plant in Itacoatiara and BK Energia CDM project Acquisition of FSC trading company A. van den Berg
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Project located in Southern Nicaragua Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 A marginal rural region With basic infrastructure and a young population
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Reforestation concept • Profit-oriented project but different from traditional industrial plantations • Main species Teak • plus a number of native forest species, some of them threatened by extinction • Preservation of ecologically attractive elements, integration of pre-existing trees and forests remnants • Establishing a mosaic with high connectivity • Low grade of mechanisation • Fire control and suppression in area where use of fire in agriculture is a common practice • Permanent independent control by FSC Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Planting
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Jobs for men and women Training and carreer opportuinities Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Timber processing Project creates basis for local wood processing industry fed with wood from sustainable sources
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 FSC Certification • The project is implemented in accordance with the Criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council FSC • The FSC is an international non-profit organisation. • It was founded in 1993 to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests. • Its members are environmental and social groups, indigenous peoples' organizations and representatives of the timber trade and the forestry profession. • In 1997 Precious Woods Amazon Precious Woods Amazon was the first company in the Amazon to be certified in accordance with the criteria of FSC • Having the FSC logo means that the forest, in the opinion of independent inspectors, is well managed in accordance with strict environmental, social and economic criteria. Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Carbon accounting Mapping areas with GPS Measuring biomass in permanent sample plots
Carbon Expo 2006 May 10, 2006 Projected Carbon Sequestration (total project) CO2 accumulated 1'200'000 1'000'000 800'000 CO2 (t) 600'000 400'000 200'000 0 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029 2031 Time ERPA signed ERPA signed with with BioCarbonfund BioCarbonfund for for 20% of project 20% of project volume olume
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