This booklet provides information to forestry and land use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the CDM and how it affects their activities. It introduces the existing policy and regulatory framework of the CDM. It offers guidance on the eligibility of different project activities. It lays out what countries can do to prepare for CDM in the land use sector. And it looks to the future, providing insight into the wider implications and future developments of the CDM