Additions to the guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7, and the guidelines for the review of information under Article 8, of the Kyoto Protocol relating to the modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation as specified in the annex to decision x/CP.9. Note by the secretariat.
The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 19/CP.9 on modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation project activities under the clean development mechanism in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, requested the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its twentieth session, to ensure that these modalities and procedures are incorporated into the guidelines under Articles 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, in
accordance with paragraph 4 of decision 22/CP.8. This document provides a draft decision and proposed text to incorporate the modalities and procedures for afforestation and reforestation mentioned above into the relevant sections of the guidelines under Articles 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol. The SBSTA may wish to endorse the proposed text, and forward a decision to incorporate this text into the guidelines under Articles 7 and 8 for adoption by the COP at its tenth session.