Report of the technical assessment of the proposed forest reference level of Mozambique submitted in 2018
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This report covers the technical assessment of the submission of Mozambique, on a voluntary basis, on its proposed forest reference emission level (FREL), in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FREL proposed by Mozambique covers the activity “reducing emissions from deforestation”, which is among the activities included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70. In its submission, Mozambique has developed a national FREL. The FREL presented in the original submission, for the reference period 2003–2013, corresponded to 46,213,014 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (t CO2 eq/year). As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FREL was modified to 38,956,426 t CO2 eq/year. The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Mozambique in constructing its FREL are largely transparent, complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains the assessed FREL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement, according to the scope of the technical assessment contained in the annex to decision 13/CP.19.