Participatory Carbon Monitoring: Operational Guidance for National REDD+ Carbon Accounting

Summary

Participatory carbon monitoring (PCM) is presented here as an approach to improve the vertical and horizontal institutional integration of different stakeholders for carbon accounting within a country’s national REDD+ programme. This document aims to guide national stakeholders involved in the REDD+ readiness process in understanding: a) what a PCM approach is, and what are potential and limitations involved (Section 1); and b) how to organise stakeholders and operationalize carbon accounting within a PCM approach for national REDD+ programmes (Section 2). PCM applications for REDD+ other than carbon accounting – safeguard compliance; low-emissions development planning; benefit sharing; and monitoring REDD+ policies and measures - are also introduced but not elaborated on in this document.

This tool has been developed as part of the Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) programme.