This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Burkina Faso on its proposed forest reference level (FRL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FRL proposed by Burkina Faso covers the activities reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, which are among the activities included in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16.

For its submission, Burkina Faso developed a national FRL. The FRL presented in the original submission, based on the reference period 2000–2013, corresponds to 13,787,040 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FRL was modified to 10,736,320 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Burkina Faso in constructing its FRL are mostly transparent, mostly complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains information on the assessed FRL 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 the annex to decision 13/CP.19.