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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements (pdf 195 KB)
Preface
Foreword: A Series for
Central America
Introduction: Belize in the scenario of climate change
PART I - LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BELIZE FACING THE CLIMATE CHANGE (pdf 272 KB)
Political and Legal
Framework
Legal and Institutional Requirements for
Participating in CDM
Overall Framework for Project Verification
Relevance
of the CDM to the Land use and Forestry Sector
Relevance of the CDM to
National Sustainable Development
Political support and capacity of national
institutions to host CDM projects
National actions to combat climate change
Institutional
Framework (pdf 88 KB)
General institutional framework
of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Institutional arrangements favorable to the promotion of
CDM projects
PART II - THE POTENTIAL OF MITIGATION OF BELIZEAN FOREST SECTOR (pdf 418 KB)
Methodological framework to identify the po tential for
mitigation of Belize
The seven steps
Observations on the
methodology
The national perspective
Potential for mitigation in
the land use and forest sector of Belize
Socioeconomic trends
Land potential and land use trends
Land tenancy and rate of
deforestation
Sources and sinks in the land use and forestry sector
Estimation of the carbon sequestration
potential of Belize (pdf 785 KB)
Potential areas for forest mitigation under the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM)
Kyoto Areas with real mitigation potential under the established
criteria
Areas with biophysical potential for reforestation
projects
Areas with socioeconomic potential for reforestation projects
Establishment
of the baseline assessment
Quantification of the baseline for the potential project
areas
Potential project activities feasible under national circumstances
Estimation of total carbon
sequestered under each project activity
The potential of
Belize (pdf 560
KB)
Estimation of net carbon sequestered under project scenario
Calculation of total carbon sequestered for Belize
Accounting for the risk factors
Final potential: adjustments for the risk
factors
Conclusions and recommendations (pdf 59 KB)
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