The main choices to be considered when deciding on how to establish a baseline
are as follows:
Table 5-4: Approaches used by different projects
to establish baselines.
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Baseline Issues
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Type of Project |
Project-Specific or Generic
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Approach Used to Establish Baseline
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Fixed or Adjustable
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Reference
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Avoided Emissions |
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Noel Kempf Climate Action Project, Bolivia |
Project-specific |
Simple logical argument based on adjusting observed trends; quantification
of baseline carbon done in proxy areas |
Adjustable, based on changes of demand for timber, changes in marketable
species, forest law, and rates of deforestation |
Brown et al. (2000) |
Reduced Impact Logging, Sabah, Malaysia |
Project-specific |
Simple logical argument, based on assuming continuation of business-as-usual
trends; quantification of baseline carbon done in control plots |
Fixed |
Pinard and Putz (1997) |
Rio Bravo Carbon Sequestration Project, Belize |
Project-specific |
Simple logical argument, based on assuming continuation of business-as-usual
trends |
Fixed |
Programme for Belize (1997) |
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Sequestration |
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Farm Forestry Scolel Te Pilot Project, Chiapas, Mexico |
Mixed approach |
Regional land-use model with community-specific adjustments based on land-use
needs |
Fixed |
Tipper et al. (1998) |
INFAPRO Rainforest Rehabilitation, Malaysia |
Project-specific |
Simple logical argument, based on assuming continuation of business-as-usual
trends; quantification of baseline carbon done in control plots |
Fixed |
Moura-Costa et al. (1996) |
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Multi-Component (avoided emissions and sequestration) |
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Protected Areas Project and Private Forests Project, Costa Rica |
Generic, set by Costa Rican Office for Joint Implementation (OCIC) |
Simple logical argument, based on adjusting current land-use trends; quantification
of baseline carbon based on literature values |
No adjustments planned |
SGS (1998) |
Guaraque�aba Climate Action Project, Brazil |
Project-specific |
Spatial land-use models incorporating socioeconomic factors |
Adjustable, to recalibrate model at frequent intervals |
Brown et al. (1999a) |
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