This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic covers the activities reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation, sustainable management of forests, conservation of forest carbon stocks and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, which correspond to the full range of activities included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70.

For its submission, the Dominican Republic developed a national FREL. The FREL presented in the original submission, for the reference period 2001–2015, corresponds to –‍14,819,265 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FREL was modified to –7,979,584 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The assessment team notes that the data and information used by the Dominican Republic in constructing its FREL are transparent, complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in decision 12/CP.17, annex. This report contains the assessed FREL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement in accordance with the provisions on the scope of the technical assessment contained in decision 13/CP.19, annex.