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Final Report
ITTO 2009: Final
report summary, 4p.
Progress report
November 2008
In its November 2008 Session, the Committee on Reforestation
and Forest Management noted once more that all of the project's activities
had been satisfactorily completed, except for the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) provisions and validation process within the UNFCCC. It further
observed that, while the new methodology and monitoring baseline developed
by the project was approved by the Forestry and Reforestation Working
Group of the CDM Executive Commission of the UNFCCC, the validation process
of the methodology itself would still require some additional months to
be carried out. As such, the Executing Agency considered requesting another
extension in time until June 2009 without additional funds, to finalize
this activity. It also noted that the Secretariat considered the extension
to be justified. In this light, the Committee endorsed an extension of
the project until the end of June 2009, without additional funds. The
Committee further commended the Executing Agency's presentation given
on the project achievements to date. The Swiss and Philippine delegations
further noted that the completion of the pending activity was beyond the
control of the Executing Agency and more in the hands of the UNFCCC, and
therefore urged the Executing Agency to report the project as completed
prior to the Committee's next session.
December 2007
In accordance with the two most recent progress reports
submitted in February and August 2006, and the Project Steering Committee
meeting held in June 2007, progress in project implementation
can be summarized as follows:
-In September 2007 the new methodology and monitoring
baseline developed by the project was approved by the Forestry and Reforestation
Working Group of the CDM Executive Commission.
-The next step is the validation process of the methodology,
which will require some months to be carried out.
Concernng the validation process within the UNFCCC, it should
be emphasized that the timing is beyond the control of the project, and
actually lies directly with the Kyoto process within the UNFCCC. Hence
the Executing Agency requested and got another extension in time until
June 2008 without additional funds, hoping that this activity could be
completed by then.
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