Activities in Argentina

Project of Enhancement for Application of A/R CDM

Background and Objective

The objective of this project is to improve the local capacity in Argentina to draft the project design documents (PDD) required for afforestation/reforestation under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as well as to improve the capacity of the Designated National Authorities (DNA) to certify those documents. With a better ability to prepare and approve the documents necessary for afforestation/reforestation projects, the project will thus alleviate climate change and contribute to sustainable development in Argentina.

• Record of Discussions signed on: May 21, 2007
• Amount of Assistance: 176 million yen
• Executing Agencies : the Bureau of Climate Change (Dirección de Cambio Climático) of the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development (Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable), the National Institute for Agricultural Technology (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria or INTA), and the Andes Forest Research and Extension Center (Centro de Investigación y Extensión Forestal Andino Patagónico or CIEFAP)

Project Summary

Under this project, methods for collecting and organizing local data will be developed, and those methods will be applied to obtain baselines for each target source that releases greenhouse gases under the current status of the environment without the effects of this project. Also, a simulation model will be set up to measure the growth of a variety of biomass types.

Project Highlights

Locations suitable for CDM forestation are being selected, primarily in the colder Patagonia region where the land degradation has occurred, a potential target area of CDM forestation. CDM forestation target should be where were once forested and have been particularly logged.