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Reports

• Exploring the Socio-economic role of charcoal and the potential for sustainable charcoal production in the Chicale Regulado, Mozambique (Alastair Herd 2007) A dissertation for the degree of MSc. at the University of Edinburgh.
• Mid term Report, November 2006 (University of Edinburgh)
• Carbon change rate and assessment of its drivers in Nhambita Mozambique (Gudrun Wallentin, University of Edinburgh, September 2006)
• Effect of Fire Frequency on the Regeneration of Miombo Woodland in Nhambita, Mozambique (Roberto Zolho 2005)
• The Impact of Agriculture Activities on Soil Carbon in the Miombo Woodlands of Mozambique (Joao Fernando 2005)
• Above Ground Biomass Accumulation in Fallow Fields at the Nhambita Community - Mozambique (Evelina Sambane 2005)
• Measuring the Socio-Economic Impact of Carbon Sequestration on Local Communities: an assessment study with specific reference to the Nhambita Pilot Project in Mozambique (Rohit Jindal 2004)
• Synthesis of Remote Sensing Products and a GIS Database to Estimate Land Usage Change an Analysis of the Nhambita Community Forest, Mozambique (Luke Spadevecchia 2004)
• Determination of Biomass and Carbon Content of Savanna Trees (Prof. John Grace 2004)
• Preliminary inventory of Nhambita Community Forest, Gorongosa District, Mozambique. (Patrick Mushove. 2004 ICRAF)
• Progress report on Remote Sensing and GIS data, Jim Wright (2003)

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Presentations

• Prof. Grace's Presentation to the British Ecological Society (Prof John Grace, September 2007)
• Managing the carbon cycle through sustainable land use in southern Africa, a presentation (Prof. John Grace 2006)

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Conference

• Proceedings: Carbon and Communities in Tropical Woodlands (16-18 June 2008)

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Envirotrade reports and documents

• Mozambique Carbon Livelihoods Trust (MCLT) (Envirotrade, March 2008)
  
• Additionality in N'hambita (Envirotrade, October 2007)
  
• An introduction to the N'hambita Community Carbon Project (2007)
  
• A new way of doing business - a presentation (2007)
• An Envirotrade video (2008)

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Annual Reports

• Annual Report 2007 (University of Edinburgh, November 2007)
• Annual Report 2006 (University of Edinburgh, July 2006)
• Annual Report 2005 (University of Edinburgh, July 2005)
• Annual Report 2004 (University of Edinburgh, July 2004)

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External Evaluations

• External Evaluation 2006 (Kooistra, T. (CDP) and Wolf, J. (University of Amsterdam), December 2006)

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Technical specifications

Currently the following land use options are operational in the project:

• Boundary planting
• Dispersed interplanting - Gliricidia
• Dispersed interplanting - Faidherbia
• Fruit orchard - Cashew
• Fruit orchard - Mango
• Homestead planting
• Woodlot
• Avoided Deforestation (WORKING DOCUMENT)

N'hambita Carbon Crediting Technical Note

Tree species descriptions for land use options

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Links

The recommended text for more information on Miombo Woodlands is available online. The Miombo in Transition: Woodlands & Welfare in Africa (CIFOR 1996).

Contribution of miombo woodlands to household economy and socio-economic deerminants of woodland use: The case of Mozambique. A PEN study in Mozambique by Ravi Hegde (DRAFT 2007).

Pilot socio-economic study 1997: Nhambita Regulado, Sofala Province. GERFFA, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Maputo, Mozambique (Howell, D. and Convery, I. 1997).

Towards community-based forest management of miombo woodlands in Mozambique. Alda Salomao and Frank Matose (May 2007).

Further information about the tree species used in the project's land use systems can be found in the World Agroforestry Centre's Tree Database.

Miombo Woodland: Policies and Incentives. A CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research) project.

TROBIT (Tropical Biomes in Transition). The University of Leeds, School of Geography

Natural Resources Forum (May 2008) p116-130. Forestry-based carbon sequestration projects in Africa: Potential benefits and challenges Jindal. R, Swallow, B and Kerr, J.

The IPCC Report on Good Practice Guidance on Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (2003).

The output from the UNFCCC meeting in Bali (December 2007) on REDD Reducing emissions from avoided deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action. cp13.

For more information about the background to Voluntary carbon offsets, and to see the wider context of the international carbon market please see information on the Clean Development Mechanism and the Kyoto Protocol.

More information is available online about BR&D, and Plan Vivo.

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