THE PANDA STANDARD
- The Panda Standard is a pilot voluntary standard designed specifically for China and the Chinese carbon marketplace.
- The Panda Standard was launched by CBEEX and BlueNext in September 2009. Winrock International and the China
Forestry Exchange (CFEX) have joined the association as co-founders. Dozens of Chinese and international organisations
are now committed to developing the standard in a way which respects best international practices and adapt to China’s
specific circumstances.
- The Panda Standard focuses on agricultural and forestry carbon projects and aims to serve as a domestic tool to help China
achieve its GHG reduction commitments while facilitating the transfer of wealth from rich eastern regions to western rural
China.
- At the16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun in December 2010, BlueNext, the Agence Française de Développement
(AFD) and CBEEX signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support a 15000 ha Bamboo plantation as the first pilot
project for the Panda Standard.
- www.pandastandard.org