Forest Reference Level FRL

This document presents the submission of Sudan’s first sub-national Forest Reference Emission Level/ Forest Reference Level (FRL) to the UNFCCC. The proposed FRL includes the values of the average annual change in carbon stock due to deforestation (786, 202 t. CO2 /y) over the reference period and accumulated CO2 removals (-344,458 t. CO2 /y) from the A/R activities implemented during the same reference period (2006-2018). Table 1, below provides summary description of this FRL submission and its consistency with the relevant UNFCCC guidance and summarizes the decisions made by the government of Sudan on the scale and the scope of this FRL. This FRL represents forest conditions in Sub Sahara African drylands