Table 4 Each of the records in the GeoPackages that constitute the carbon project database contain the following attributes.
From: An open-access database of nature-based carbon offset project boundaries
Data Field | Description |
|---|---|
Project Name | The name of the carbon project as given in the documentation. |
ProjectID | A combination of the registry abbreviation of the registry and project number |
Registry Name | The name of the registry where project information is hosted. Possible values are: ‘American Carbon Registry’, ‘BioCarbon Registry’, ‘Climate Action Reserve’, ‘EcoRegistry’, ‘Gold Standard’, ‘Verra’ |
Methodology | The name of the methodology used for the project’s implementation. |
Project Type | The type of forestry carbon offset program. One of the following: “ARR”, “AD”, or “IFM” |
Country | The country where the project is located. |
Project Developer Name | Name of the entity or individual organizing, proposing or advocating a particular carbon offset project. In case of multiple entities/individuals, only the first name is recorded here. |
Project Start Date | Date of the start of the crediting period (mm/dd/yyyy). |
Project End Date | Date of the end of the crediting period (mm/dd/yyyy). |
Date of Entry | Date when the project information was added to the database (mm/dd/yyyy) |
Processing Approach | One of four possible values: “Official”, “Georeferenced”, “Linear”, or “Method”. “Official” if the canonical boundary was obtained from a registry or the project developer. “Georeferenced” if the boundary data was obtained via georeferencing and digitizing maps obtained from the project documents. “Linear” if the boundary data were distributed as linear features that were processed into geometries. “Method” if a developer specified protocol was followed to obtain the boundary data. |
PD Declined to Provide | One of: “Yes”, “No”, “N/A”. “Yes” if the project developer was contacted for the project geometry but declined to provide the necessary information. “No” if the project developer provided the geometries or sufficient information to create the project geometry. “N/A” if the geometry was available from a registry and the developer was not contacted. |
Geometry Type | One of: “Point” or “Polygon”. Indicates if the geometry in the database is a point or a polygon. |
Project Area | The well-known text (WKT) representation of the geographical area where the project participants implement activities to reduce deforestation. |
Project Accounting Area | The WKT representation of the geographical area of the project which was used to calculate carbon credits. If the project area is the same as the project accounting area, then the project accounting area is not defined. |
Project Reference Region | The well-known text (WKT) representation of the geographical area of the project from where historical and current deforestation and forest degradation quantities and trends are obtained. This is not always defined. |
Comment | Notes about how manual referencing was carried out or other relevant information. |
