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Table 6 Summary of the scope of activities, carbon pools, and geographical boundaries in REDD + reference levels

From: Assessing the contribution of harvested wood products under greenhouse gas estimation: accounting under the Paris Agreement and the potential for double-counting among the choice of approaches

Countries

Carbon pools included

Activities included

Boundary

Includes all harvesting

AGB

BGB

DW

LT

SOC

HWP

Def

Deg

FC

SFM

Enh

Argentina

X

X

    

X

    

Sub-N

 

Bangladesh

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

X

Brazil

X

X

X

X

  

X

    

Sub-N

 

Cambodia

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

X

Chili

X

X

X

   

X

X

X

 

X

Sub-N

 

Columbia

X

X

    

X

    

Sub-N

 

Congo

X

X

X

   

X

X

   

N

X

Costa Rica

X

X

X

X

  

X

   

X

N

 

Cote d’Ivoire

X

X

X

X

  

X

   

X

N

 

DRC

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Ecuador

X

X

X

X

  

X

    

N

 

Ethiopia

X

X

X

   

X

   

X

N

 

Ghana

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  

X

N

X

Guinea-Bis

X

X

    

X

   

X

Sub-N

 

Guyana

X

X

X

   

X

X

   

N

X

Honduras

X

X

X

X

  

X

    

N

 

India

X

X

X

X

X

    

X

 

N

X

Indonesia

X

   

X

 

X

X

   

N

 

Lao PDR

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

X

Madagascar

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

    

N

 

Malaysia

X

X

       

X

 

Sub-N

 

Mexico

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Mongolia

X

X

X

X

  

X

X

  

X

N

X

Mozambique

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Myanmar

X

X

 

X

  

X

   

X

N

 

Nepal

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

 

Nicaragua

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

 

Nigeria

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Panama

X

X

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

N

X

PNG

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

X

Paraguay

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Peru

X

X

    

X

    

Sub-N

 

Solomon Isl

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

X

Sri Lanka

X

X

 

X

  

X

   

X

N

 

Suriname

X

X

X

   

X

X

   

N

X

Uganda

X

X

    

X

    

N

 

Tanzania

X

X

X

   

X

    

N

 

Vietnam

X

X

    

X

X

  

X

N

 

Zambia

X

X

X

   

X

    

N

 

Total

39

38

17

11

4

1

37

16

2

3

19

N:30

12

  1. Based on the technical assessment reports of forest reference emission levels (FREL) for the 2015–2018 assessment cycles and the FREL submissions for the 2019 assessment cycle
  2. AGB above ground biomass, BGB below ground biomass, DW dead wood, LT litter, SOC soil organic carbon, HWP harvested wood products, Def deforestation, Deg forest degradation, FC forest conservation, SFM sustainable forest management, Enh enhancement of forest removals, N national approach used, Sub-N subnational approach used