Summary : This technical paper was prepared based on submission by Parties and on the work by the clean development mechanism (CDM) Executive Board. It presents options on the following issues: further clarifications on definitions of eligible small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities, including on the calculation of project size; possible categories of projects for which methodologies can be simplified; draft simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities; a simplified project design document; the structure of an indicative simplified baseline and monitoring methodologies for selected types of small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM; and criteria for determining the occurrence of debundling projects.

The book is a comprehensive manual of practice for execution of afforestation and tree planting programmes in arid and semi-arid tropics. It includes a compact running account of the technology of afforestation and the relevant principles and practices in management of afforestation projects. It provides a wide range of structured information and a number of model designs which can be gainfully put to use by the field level supervisors as also by the managers concerned with planning and control of such projects. Written by a practising specialist, the book is invaluable for anyone concerned with the practice of afforestation and tree planting, be he a tree hobbyist or a school teacher, a professional forester or a senior policy maker in government, an industrialist or a philanthropist, an environmental activist or a member of a community service organization.