Forest conversion

Change to the forest environment to establish another land use, such as pasture and agriculture; deforestation.

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Additionality

Criteria established by Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, to which the projects developed through the Clean Development Mechanism are subject. Under this criterion, an activity must prove to result in the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions or the increase of...

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...

Parties

Refer to the countries that are part of a convention. These can be individual countries or economic blocs, such as the European Union.