Wu'erqihan Inner Mongolia

Improved Forest Management

Protect previously logged forests in Inner Mongolia

Overview

China

43,167 ha

Developer: China Inner Mongolia Forest Industry Group Wu-erqihan Forest Industry Company, Ltd.

Improved Forest Management

乌尔旗汉, Wu'erqihan (pronounced woo-err-chee-hahn) is an improved forest management project covering 43,167 hectares of land in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China, specifically located in the poverty-stricken county of Olunchun Banner. The region and the project area have been utilized for industrial timber harvests for decades. Most of this harvest activity has been partial harvesting, but there have also been several clearcuts, including one clearcut bordering the project and covering over 10,000 hectares. The project has ceased harvesting activity inside the project area for the duration of the crediting period, allowing the forest to sequester carbon in lieu of executing a timber harvesting plan approved prior to the project start date.

Registry

Registry ID: 1715

Methodology

VM0010v1.3

70 Key Protected animal species find habitat in the project area.

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Additional

Does the project have a net additional climate benefit?

Net additional climate benefit
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Conservative

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Baseline claims
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Project claims
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Durable

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Ongoing monitoring
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Beyond Carbon

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Social impacts
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Ecological impacts
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Impacts beyond carbon

Supporting economic development and local community-building

The implementation of the project will not only achieve reliable, measurable emissions reductions by preventing commercial timber, but it also contributes to sustainable development of the local community.

Climate action

The project activities contribute to biodiversity conservation and soil erosion control. Rejuvenating forests and enriching the people is the first priority for the development of forest areas, especially for halting commercial logging of natural forests in state-owned forest areas.

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Decent work and economic growth

The project is committed to economic transformation. They have established a carbon sequestration management office employing five people and nine forest farms have set up carbon sequestration monitoring stations employing 45 people.

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biodiversity

Enriching biodiversity by protecting local forests

The project has identified 70 Key Protected animal species (based on the Chinese National Registry Class I and II), among the 412 species of mammals, birds, fish, and amphibians found in the project area. Protected species include sable, marten bear, musk deer, golden eagle, black-billed grouse, white stork, black stork, Chinese Merganser, white-shouldered eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, jade-belt sea eagle, red-crowned crane, hooded crane, Siberian crane, lynx, brown bear, otter, red deer, moose, and snow hare. There are over 617 plant species identified in the project area, including Chinese medicinal plants such as astragalus, fenfeng, and sophora flavescens.