Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) has developed and is promoting rigorous standards for evaluating land-based carbon projects. The CCB Standards identify land-based climate change mitigation projects that simultaneously generate climate, biodiversity and sustainable-development benefits. The two goals of the CCBA have been to: Develop standards that evaluate climate, community and biodiversity impacts of land-based climate change mitigation projects. The first draft was developed in June 2004 and public comments were solicited. The standards were then field-tested on projects in Indonesia, Tanzania, Peru, Bolivia Ecuador, Scotland, and Madagascar. Based on the public comment and field-testing, a second draft was release in February 2005. After more comments, the original authors and the three Advising Institutions created the final version. The final First Edition of the CCB Standards was launched on May 10, 2005. Promote the CCB Standards as a credible means for identifying projects that simultaneously counter multiple global problems. The CCB encourages carbon project developers to use the standards when designing, developing and implementing projects. CCB Standards certification can help projects garner international credibility and locate additional support and resources. In conjunction, the CCBA encourages governments, investors, carbon portfolios, development agencies and private entities to support projects that meet the standards. ©2005 Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance. All Rights Reserved.