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The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST)

The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST). Part 1: TIST Project Background. Training Seminar for Projects July, 2005. T he I nternational S mall Group & T ree Planting Program. 25,000 smallholder farmers Empowered Small Groups Reforestation,

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The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST)

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  1. The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST) Part 1: TIST Project Background Training Seminar for Projects July, 2005

  2. The International Small Group & Tree Planting Program 25,000 smallholder farmers • Empowered Small Groups • Reforestation, • Conservation Farming, • Health Education (HIV/AIDS) • Tanzania (2000), India (2002), Uganda (2003), Kenya (2004)

  3. Living In Desolation

  4. TIST Participants: Choosing Change

  5. Transforming landscape to forest

  6. Small Groups Prepare Nurseries

  7. Trees line paths, shade houses, …

  8. ... & allow grass to grow.

  9. TIST Roles: The Small Group Registration Training Decision Making Nurseries Tree Planting Reporting Best Practices Bank Account

  10. The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST) Part 2: TIST Monitoring Systems & CDM Methodologies Training Seminar for Projects July, 2005

  11. TIST Monitoring SystemsUses latest technology, methods to best meet needs

  12. Keys to TIST Monitoring Systems • Years of hardware, software & methods development • Palm computers, GPS, synchronizations, website development, technologies to minimize training & ramp-up time • Thousands of site visits to groves = years of hard work • Transparency, Accuracy, Business Integrity • Transparency: simultaneous & public access to data from site visits • Accuracy: data tracked vs. data “reported” for various purposes… • Examples of items that change over time: • All groups vs. just active Small Groups • All groves vs. just CDM-only groves • All trees vs. just trees>1.73m • Integrity: hold some tons in reserve/won’t sell even up to the “accurate” # of tons… • Relevant to more than just CDM buyers: host country, development agencies, public, non-CDM buyers, etc.

  13. Results at www.tist.org

  14. Project Scenario:Location of Groves

  15. Project Scenario: Trees by Age & Species Cohort • Additional Info: • Tree Height • > 1.37m? • Diameter • allometric • Spacing/GPS • Grove size

  16. CDM Project Boundary: Groves • Groves, once established by SGs, define TIST project boundary • SGs report that they established a grove • TIST quantifiers visit grove, note tree counts by age & species cohort, GPS coords • Trees existing prior to start are excluded • TZ 2000 • IN 2002 • UG 2003 • KE 2004

  17. Baseline Methodology for Groves • Project boundary (groves) evolve over time • Multiple parts to TIST baseline study: • Area deforestation analysis (one-time) • From dialogue during initial participant training • Backed up by research from authoritative sources • Grove-specific site visits (initial + over time) • Visits within first 12 months to define boundary & note age & species by cohort • Repeat site visits: grove may fail to meet CDM or may expand with additional plantings each year

  18. Baseline Scenario • Conservatively estimated as 0 • No SG formation, no training (on tree-planting, CF, HIV/AIDS, SG BPs), no tree payment incentives, no SG bank accounts… • No tree nurseries, no holes dug in preparation, no tree transplanting from nurseries to holes • Continued deforestation

  19. Leakage • Conservatively estimated at 0: • Travel emissions • Between groves by quantifiers & project managers • Between US & host countries by project managers by US-based personnel • C sequestration outside groves • Fuelwood obtained from TIST plantings • More C sequestered outside TIST

  20. The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST) Part 3: CDM A/R Working Group Issues Raised Training Seminar for Projects July, 2005

  21. Project Boundary A/R WG Issues Groves, once established by SGs, define TIST project boundary • A/R WG: orchards near towns • arguably could be part of baseline scenario per A/R WG (suggest extra additionality screen) • A/R WG: add land eligibility screen • how to ensure no trees after 1989?

  22. Baseline Scenario for Groves • Conservative TIST Baseline: 0 carbon • no SG formation, no training (on tree-planting, CF, HIV/AIDS, SG BPs), no tree payment incentives, no bank accounts, • no tree nurseries, no tree planting, continued deforestation • A/R WG: ignored natural regeneration • Not explicitly addressed • Far outweighed by continued deforestation for fuelwood • A/R WG: include gross carbon sequestration in baseline • Cannot include carbon from gross tree plantings in project scenario. • Must account for fuelwood demand & mortality in project scenario to produce net C.

  23. Leakage Leakage conservatively estimated at 0 • A/R WG: • Delete benefit of fuelwood from within groves • Add impact of displaced agricultural activities

  24. Other A/R WG Recommendations • Stratify groves into climo-edaphic zones • Count only trees > 1.37m • Re-measure diameters of same trees each visit • Specify tree sampling across grove breadth • Apply allometric equations to each tree; then sum • Calculate 95% confidence intervals for C

  25. TIST Methodology Outcomes • Recommendations on changes to TIST methodologies • A/R WG, WB, CAAC, Others • TIST system modifications implemented across four countries (to address A/R WG recommendations) • Resubmission of improved/modified CDM methodologies for approval

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