16. References

The Program Guide is based on the foundation laid by the reference standards and documentation below. These assisted RND to articulate our own requirements and specifications for the MRV requirements, especially as it relates to GHG guidelines that apply to AFOLU project-based credits.

In particular the Program Guide has been informed by these organizations:

• American Carbon Registry^[18]

• The Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund^[19]

• Gold Standard^[20]

• Verra (VCS)^[21]

• GHG Protocol^[22]

• Nori^[23]

We salute and appreciate the effort of all these organizations!

This is a subset of the reference documentation used in writing this guide:

American Carbon Registry

• ACR Standard v6.0

• ACR Risk Tool v1.0

The Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund

• Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems) Methodology Determination 2018

• The Supplement To the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems) Methodology Determination 2018

Verra

• VCS Program Guide v4.0

GHG Protocol

• GHG Project Protocol

• Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) Guidance for GHG Project Accounting

Nori

• Nori: How it Works

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1. FAO and ITPS, 2015; IPBES, 2018

2. Note, the taxonomy of carbon markets and climate mitigation varies from ecosystem services

3. https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/ghg_project_accounting.pdf

4. Protocols and Standards - Carbon Offset Guide

5. https://github.com/regen-network/

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_commons_(economics)

7. https://medium.com/regen-network/community-stake-governance-model-b949bcb1eca3

8. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:14064:-2:ed-2:v1:en

9. https://ghginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AdditionalityPaper_Part-1ver3FINAL.pdf

10. https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/ghg_project_accounting.pdf

11. https://americancarbonregistry.org/carbon-accounting/standards-methodologies/american-carbon-registry-standard-3/acr-standard-v6-0-may-2019-public-comment-version.pdf

12. https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

13. https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/double-counting-handbook.pdf

14. https://cosmos.network/15. https://unfccc.int/

16. https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CORSIA/Pages/default.aspx

17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading#Trading_systems

18. https://americancarbonregistry.org/

19. http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ERF/

20. https://www.goldstandard.org/

21. https://verra.org/

22. https://ghgprotocol.org/23. https://nori.com/