Fujian Qingliu IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project

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Qingliu County, Sanming City, Fujian Province of China

Fujian Qingliu IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project

The Fujian Qingliu IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project (hereafter “the project activity”) is implemented in Qingliu County, Sanming City, Fujian Province of China by Fujian Qingliu Forestry Co., Ltd. The geographic coordinate of project is 116°38’ ~117°11’ E and 25°47’ ~26°21’ N, the total area is 180,630 ha, which includes the Improved Forest Management (IMF) of the forests in the conversion of logged to protected forest. The area of the project activity is 5856 ha, including 698 subcompartments spreading over Dengjia Town, Lijia Town, Litian Town, Lingdi Town, Longjin Town, Linshe Town, Shaqiang Town, Songkou Town, Songxi Town, Tianyuan Town, Wenjiao Town, Yupeng Town, Changxiao Town of Fujian Qingliu Forestry Co., Ltd. All these departments are state-owned forests and have the legal right to forest ownership. The species involved in the project are Chinese Fir, Masson pine and Broad-leaf trees. Prior to the implementation of the project activity, the trees are logged annually according to a valid and verifiable government-approved timber management plan for harvesting the project area. The implementation of the project activity converses the trees to protected forest to reduce the GHG emissions for about 2,858,234 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual emission reduction is 95,274 tCO2e and Verified Carbon Units with buffer deduction is about 2,229,423 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual VCUs with buffer deduction is 74,314 tCO2e. The project activity will contribute to the environment (biodiversity conservation and soil erosion control), thus contribute to sustainable development.

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