General Information

[Q28, Q31]Own Project | This is a joint enterprise between an NRM egional body and a private enterprise. This project will develop and test voluntary emission reductions (VERsVerified Emission Reductions or Voluntary Emissions Reductions are tradable credits for greenhouse emission reduction activities generated to meet voluntary demand for carbon credits by organisations and individuals wanting to offset their own emissions. VERs can be generated from projects to which a range of circumstances might apply, including:

- are either based in a country that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol (e.g. USA) or does not have the infrastructure to support CDM project development;

- have not yet been registered under the CDM;

- fall outside the scope of the CDM;

- are too small to warrant the costs of CDM approval;

- are specifically developed for the voluntary market.) based on integrated, regional natural resource management activities of hundreds of landholders carried out under Far North Queensland’s NRM body, Terrain NRM. Terrain was formed initially in 1992 as the North Queensland ReforestationThe reestablishment of forest on land that was previously forested but converted to another use before 31.12.1989. Joint Board. The activities are laid out in the latest iteration of the Regional Plan, “Sustaining the Wet Tropics: A Regional Plan for Natural Resource Management” (2004), which has stream-lined mechanisms to continue the shift towards sustainable management of natural resources that involves reduced emissions and net sequestration of carbon. This project is itself a pilot for the regions comprising the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef. Currently the Degree Celsius website provides an opportunity for investment in the region's NRM activities, and the verification process. We are asking for $32 a tonne which broadly translates to 3 locally provenanced trees grown planted and maintained for 5 years and monitored and protected for 30 years. Currently our target population is supportive individuals and local companies investing in our activities. Once verified emissions are available our target will expand to regional and global corporations.

Price per tonne of CO2e [Q30] AU$20 - 32

Project Type(s) [Q32] - Environmental offsets

Project Location(s) [Q33, Q34]Australia | QLD

Project Size (tonnes of CO2e) [Q35] Unknown at this stage. 100,000 tonnes CO2eCarbon dioxide equivalent. In order to compare emissions between the six Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases they have been assigned a global warming potential (GWP) measured in carbon dioxide equivalents to reflect their influence on warming the atmosphere. GWP is a relative scale, where CO2 = 1. The other gases are given a number based on their effect on the atmosphere relative to CO2. For example, methane has a GWP of 21, meaning it has 21 times the amount of heating capacity of CO2. 2008/9. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes total.

Quality

[Q36]- 1 Jan 1990[Q37]- Not Applicable[Q38]- Non Accredited
[Q40]

- PDDA Project Design DocumentA Project Design Document is the official application drawn up by an entity applying for project approval under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). PDDs must be validated by an independent third party, then approved and registered by the CDM Executive Board before a project qualifies as a CER carbon credit earner. is the official application drawn up by an entity applying for project approval under the Clean Development MechanismClean Development Mechanism is a Kyoto Protocol mechanism under which projects set up in developing countries to reduce GHGs generate tradeable credits called CERs. The credits can be used by industrialised nations to help meet their Kyoto reduction targets. Find out more here. (CDM). PDDs must be validated by an independent third party, then approved and registered by the CDM Executive Board before a project qualifies as a CER carbon credit earner. is currently undergoing an audit against the global Climate Community and Biodiversity Standards, the only global standard that adequately incorporates biodiversity metrics.

[Q42]- Biodiversity, water quality.[Q44]- Currently negotiating with more than one Registry to provide services to retireIn the context of carbon offsets, this is the act of removing a carbon credit or permit from the market so that abatement cannot be traded any further. Retiring offsets helps to prevent the resale or reuse of offsets that have already been used. Under the Kyoto Protocol retired units are also able to be used by Annex B countries to achieve compliance with their emissions targets. our VERsVerified Emission Reductions or Voluntary Emissions Reductions are tradable credits for greenhouse emission reduction activities generated to meet voluntary demand for carbon credits by organisations and individuals wanting to offset their own emissions. VERs can be generated from projects to which a range of circumstances might apply, including:

- are either based in a country that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol (e.g. USA) or does not have the infrastructure to support CDM project development;

- have not yet been registered under the CDM;

- fall outside the scope of the CDM;

- are too small to warrant the costs of CDM approval;

- are specifically developed for the voluntary market..
[Q45]- We retire them on request by the customer[Q46]- Registry transaction screenshot view