Designated operational entity (DOE)

These are national or international entities accredited by the Executive Board – and designated by COP/MOP, which will ratify or not the Board’s accreditation to act within the cycle of CDM projects. The responsibilities of DOEs and the manner in which the Executive Board will accredit and coordinate them can be found in items 20 to 27 of the Marrakesh Agreement.

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HCFCs, PCFs, and SF6

See greenhouse gases (GHG).

Small-scale CDM Project Activities

These are smaller scale project activities that are subject to a more agile project cycle and with lower transaction costs.

ARPA

Brazilian Portuguese acronym for Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia (ARPA), which means Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The program was launched in 2002 by Federal Decree #4,326 and went into operation in 2003. The ARPA program aims to protect significant...