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This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Cambodia on its proposed forest reference level (FRL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FRL proposed by Cambodia covers the activity reducing emissions from deforestation, which is among the activities included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70.
For its submission, Cambodia developed a national FRL. The FRL presented in the original submission, for the reference period 2011–2018, corresponds to 59,959,491 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FRL was modified to the annual average of emissions during the reference period 2011–2018, which corresponds to 60,257,501 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Cambodia in constructing its FRL are transparent, complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains the assessed FRL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement in accordance with the provisions on the scope of the technical assessment contained in the annex to decision 13/CP.19.