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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: 179 (Briana Capra) #179

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ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

Commenter Organization: Forest Carbon Works

Commenter: Briana Capra

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: Appendix A

Comment: The IPCC Guidelines shall also be followed in terms of quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and uncertainty analysis, however the guidelines are not applied in the establishment of model parameters for the carbon-atrisk model or the quantification of uncertainty in in the carbonat-risk model.

Proposed Change: VCS Rerefence: VCS Methodology Requirements Section 3.6.2

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: We agree that accounting for uncertainty is very important in any forest carbon project. Our revised methodology accounts for and requires a deduction associated with the uncertainty of carbon stocks in the project and baseline scenarios.