Carbon Benefits
Modeling, Measurement and Monitoring
Project Launch
Nairobi, Kenya
May 11-14, 2009

PROBLEM 1
Disconnect of perspectives
hampers integrated approach
Policy
Science
Development

PROBLEM 2
Lack of full valuation of carbon value chains
Public value chain
Private value chain
(CO2) (C)

PROBLEM 3
Lack of scale integration
plot world
farm country
watershed landscape

Movement of CO2 and H2O in a leaf
The same pathway is used by
water molecules and CO2 to exit
and enter the leaf
One reasons why plants transpire
is so that leaves are wet,
enabling C02 to dissolve in the
water
To produce 1 mol (0.170 kg) of
glucose requires:
6 mol (~0.264 kg) of carbon dioxide
6 mol (~0.11 kg) of water for
photosynthesis
~1100 mol (~20 kg) of water for
transpiration.

Priority Objectives
- Recognising the project can’t do everything
- Project is not close-ended and with short time span
A. Remove barriers and bottlenecks for mixed, heterogeneous landscapes to be
included with emphasis on small-holder farmers and community forests
- if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it
provision of tools and systems at landscape scale
B. Ensure information and opportunities are more accessible to allow small-
holders, communities, local authorities, and developing countries
to better participate (markets, public perception, certification, indicators)
web-based knowledge on best practices, economic viability and local suitability
C. Stimulate greater action and capacity through proof of application efforts
GEF projects, envtal incentives, policy revisions and development initiatives

The Benefits of Carbon
Solving the climate change problem
is as much a social problem as it is a
technical and economic problem
“Why should I care about future
generations – what have they
ever done for me?”
Groucho Marx