The project will analyze the territorial potential to generate sink of CO2 form the agroforestry sector in the Municipality of Raiano, trough the development of a methodology for calculating carbon credits and standard of eligibility of the activities, in order to design a voluntary mechanism for carbon trading.
Duration
7 months from 01/05/2015 to 31/12/2015
7 months from 01/05/2015 to 31/12/2015
General aims
- Assess the territorial potential to generate sink of CO2 form the agroforestry sector in the Municipality of Raiano
- Development of a methodology for calculating carbon credits from those activities
- Design a voluntary mechanism for carbon trading
Expected results
- Development of a methodology for calculating carbon credits from the agroforestry activities in the Municipality of Raiano
- Assess the territorial potential to generate sink of CO2 from those activities in the Municipality of Raiano
- Design a voluntary mechanism for carbon trading
Activity
- Quantification of agroforestry CO2 sink
- Development of a methodology for calculating carbon credits and standard of eligibility of the activities
- Design of a voluntary mechanism for carbon trading
- Preparation of a credit register at local level
- Partecipation at events
Partners
- Comune di Raiano (AQ)
- Regione Abruzzo
- PEFC Italia
- Ambiente e/è Vita Abruzzo Onlus
- Confagricoltura Abruzzo