Methodological issues. Land use, land-use change and forestry: definitions and modalities for including afforestation and reforestation activities under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. Draft consolidated text. Note by the secretariat.
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its sixteenth session, requested the secretariat to elaborate, under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA, a draft consolidated text based on submissions by Parties. The present document compiles proposals for including afforestation and reforestation project activities under the clean development mechanism in the first commitment period. A total of nineteen submissions were received. The annexes to this note contain the options put forward by Parties; two-letter codes identify the origins of the options. The submissions by Parties are found in document FCCC/SBSTA/2003/MISC.5