Project & International level
<p> "Potential responsibility of parties involved in a REDD credit transaction would be
twofold in that regard. First, the project activity should be designed so as to prevent
leakage: a sound and effective REDD project should address the very causes of
deforestation or forest degradation so as to suppress and not displace the problem.
However, there is only so much an individual project can achieve in the absence of
similar incentives or obligations outside of the project boundaries. Second, under a
typical CDM project, the project developer is responsible for monitoring leakage
emissions. In the case of REDD, a project developer has limited capacity to monitor
activities outside of the boundaries of its project and to determine whether a specific
event would actually correspond to leakage. Yet, it is important that project developers
be required to contribute to monitoring and minimizing leakage emissions (e.g.,
monitoring of leakage is a requirement for REDD projects under the Voluntary Carbon
Standard; if leakage cannot be managed and monitored, a project would not qualify)." -
- ICF Report: </p>