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Forests are an essential element in climate mitigation strategies. They are also an important source of biomass. Moreover forests are affected by climate change and can as well help adapting to a changing climate. All of this makes dealing with forests in climate change policy an important issue. Discussions on how to integrate forestry in a climate change regime after 2012 have already started.

We understand the wider context and the many complex interrelations between forestry, society and the climate system. Our expertise in forestry, biomass, international climate policy and corporate carbon management as well as scenario analyses and market analysis enables us to offer a wide spectrum of forestry-related services to a broad range of public and private customers.

Our services include:

• Policy design (rules and modalities of LULUCF; integration of LULUCF and reducing deforestation in a post-2012 climate regime)
• Analysis of the role of forestry in adaptation strategies
• Market assessment of the supply and demand of forestry credits, competition between demand for forestry sinks, products, and energy sources
• Feasibility studies and Project Idea Notes (PINs) for high-quality forestry JI and CDM projects
• Estimation of carbon stocks in forests and timber products as part of corporate carbon management.

References:

• Opportunities for CDM in Latin America and the Caribbean, including energy, transport, forestry sectors the Inter-American Development Bank
• LULUCF in a post Kyoto regime - a quantitative analysis for the integration of reducing deforestation and degradation in a future climate regime - the German Environmental Protection Agency (UBA)
• Feasibility study for a CDM forestry project in Uruguay - a Spanish food company
• Integrating agriculture, forestry and other types of land use in future climate regimes the Netherlands Programme on Scientific Assessment and Policy Analysis
• Testing baseline methodologies for biomass CDM projects in India, including sinks - the Netherlands' Department of Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.