This technical report covers the technical analysis of the technical annex submitted on a voluntary basis, in the context of results-based payments, by Belize on 30 August 2021 through its first biennial update report in accordance with decision 14/CP.19. The technical annex provides data and information on the activities reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, which are activities included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70, and covers the same national territorial forest area as the assessed forest reference level (FRL) proposed by Belize in its modified FRL submission of August 2020.

Belize reported the results of implementing these activities for 2016–2018, which amount to 81,794 (2016), 940,385 (2017) and 4,580,384 (2018) tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and were measured against the assessed FRL of 4,606,875 (2016), 4,850,928 (2017), 5,094,981 (2018), 5,339,034 (2019) and 5,583,087 (2020) tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

The data and information provided in the technical annex are in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 14/CP.19. The technical analysis concluded that the data and information provided by Belize in the technical annex are mostly transparent and overall consistent with the data and information used for establishing the assessed FRL in accordance with decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 71(b), and decision 12/CP.17, section II. This report contains the findings from the technical analysis and a few areas identified for capacity-building and future technical improvement in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 14.