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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: 165 (Briana Capra) #165

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: Section 4 Applicability Conditions

Comment: The methodology uses a performance benchmark but fails to establish applicability conditions for each performance benchmark. The requirement is: The applicability conditions shall establish the scope of validity of the methodology, and where multiple benchmarks are established, each performance benchmark, including the geographic scope

Proposed Change: VCS Rerefence: VCS Methodology Requirements Section 3.2.5

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: 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.