In order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Summit 2015 (COP 21), the forestry sector plays a decisive role alongside the energy sector. As part of its development cooperation, KfW supports forestry projects in the field of protected areas and biodiversity. Against the background of increasing requirements for a uniform calculation and reporting of CO2 saving effects, a short expert opinion was prepared. In this report, specific methods were proposed for use by KfW to calculate CO2 reduction effects for projects in the forestry sector. UNIQUE prepared the short report based on existing CO2 credit methods and tools, and tested various types of projects.

• Classification and relevance of the topic.
• Definition of project types in the forestry sector: (re)afforestation, protection, forest management.
• Analysis of the goals, requirements and limits of a calculation tool.
• Analysis of the methods and calculation tools used by development banks / institutions.
• Development of concrete proposals for KfW on the basis of existing calculation tools.
• Review of the applicability of the proposed methodology(s) to selected KfW projects.