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| Title | Exploring the Role of Biodiversity Credits for nature conservation and forestry carbon projects |
| Group | Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group |
| Project type | internship |
| Credits | 24 |
| Supervisor(s) | External: Treevive’s CEO Liesbeth Gort: l.gort@treevive.earth
prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema |
| Examiner(s) | prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema |
| Contact info | Liesbeth Gort: l.gort@treevive.earth |
| Begin date | 2024/03/01 |
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| Description | Forestry carbon projects typically mitigate or prevent carbon emissions through activities such as reforestation, deforestation prevention, or improved forest management. These efforts generate carbon credits, also known as "carbon offsets," which can be sold on the voluntary carbon market. In simple terms, carbon credits are generated by the difference between net carbon sequestration in the project scenario, minus the net carbon sequestration (or avoided net emissions) in the baseline or without project scenario, minus a couple of deductions covering risk, uncertainty and leakage.
Biodiversity credits are emerging as a new market-driven mechanism to secure funding for nature conservation and advance global biodiversity goals. Like carbon credits, biodiversity credits or offsets assign value to habitats, plants, or animals, creating tradable "credits" that can offset damage elsewhere. This system generates financial incentives for conserving natural assets. The approach mirrors how forestry carbon projects sell offsets on the voluntary carbon market, aligning with the focus of Treevive, being a forest carbon accelerator. Understanding the potential of biodiversity credits for Treevive and its forestry carbon projects. This involves: • Examining various initiatives of biodiversity credits and assessing their effectiveness, challenges and potential for both Treevive, its forestry carbon project developers and buyers/investors of these credits; • Exploring commitments from the private sector and the market in biodiversity credits; • Providing advice for Treevive and its projects to determine whether engaging with biodiversity credits in the short term is advisable or not. Internet page of organization: https://treevive.earth/ https://forminternational.nl/ Keywords to search by: only needed for the search option on the FEM education webpage; in TIP students can search for any word in the whole text! remove in the lists below those that are not applicable. Don’t add your own. Topic(s): Sustainable forest management/ Region(s): America's/ Africa /Asia Climate(s): Tropical zone |
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| Requirements | Standard for MSc thesis:
- WEC-31806 Ecological Methods I, or a comparable alternative course; - One FEM course (at least), depending on the topic of the thesis: FEM-30306 Forest Ecology and Forest Management, FEM-30806 Resource Dynamics Sustainable Utilization, FEM-32306 Agroforestry, or Models for Ecological Systems FEM-31806 If different: give course code and name Standard for BSc thesis minimal 120 credits |