VCS1718 Inner Mongolia Keyihe IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project

    The Inner Mongolia Keyihe IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project (hereafter “the project activity”) is implemented in Oroqen Autonomous Banner, Hulun Buir City, Inner Mongollia Autonomous Region of China by Inner Mongolia Keyihe Forest Industry LLC., The geo-coordinate of the project proponent is 122°13′00″E~123°00′30″E and 50°09′00″N~50°46′52″N, the total area is 214,078 ha, which includes the Improved Forest Management (IFM) of the forests in the conversion of logged to protected forest.

    The area of the project activity is 20,526 ha, including 1,969 subcompartments spreading over Kuya department, Molengge department, Suotuhan department, Tele department, Tuohe department of Inner Mongolia Keyihe Forest Industry LLC.. All these departments are state-owned forests and have the legal right to forest ownership. 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 3,856,915 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual emission reduction is 128,563 tCO2e and Verified Carbon Units with buffer deduction is about 3,008,381 tCO2e in 30 years, the average annual VCUs with buffer deduction is 100,279 tCO2e. the first phase has been issued 506,367 tCO2e.