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Documents, Data, and Code. The NCX Methodology For Improved Forest Management (IFM) Through Short-Term Harvest Deferral.
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Public Comment: 155 (Briana Capra) #155

Closed ncx-gitbot closed 1 year ago

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

Commenter Organization: Forest Carbon Works

Commenter: Briana Capra

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: Justification for the performance method cites “growth and yield modeling that is necessary in most IFM project types is not employed” (page 6) which is in direct conflict with the definition of Gti (page 27)

Comment: A model to predict growth (Gti) is allowed which negates the justification for a performancebased approach to assessing additionality, that it is a “performance-based methodology that relies on measurements to demonstrate harvest deferrals” which is not accurate.

Proposed Change: No Proposed Change

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: Performance in the case of a harvest deferral is no harvest. Non-harvest is measured using change detection remote sensing. In addition, our credits do take into account the growth that happens over a year based on industry-used and accepted timber growth rates. Final performance for individual properties, and at the project scale, is determined by comparing the stocking expected under the baseline and project scenarios, including growth anticipated under each scenario.