Inner Mongolia Wu'erqihan IFM Project

The Inner Mongolia Wu’erqihan IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project (hereafter “the project activity”) is implemented in Wu’erqihan Town, Yakeshi City, Inner Mongollia Autonomous Region of China the total area is 576,006 hectare (ha) which includes the Improved Forest Management (IFM) of the forests in from the conversion of logged to protected forest.

The area of the project activity is 43,167 ha, including 3,491 subcompartments and the species involved in the project are Birch (Betula platyphylla) and Larch (Larix gmelinii). Before the implementation of the project activity, the trees are logged based on 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 11,282,629 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual emission reduction is 376,087 tCO2e and Verified Carbon Units with buffer deduction is about 8,800,436 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual VCUs with buffer deduction is 293,347 tCO2e.