Comment: The Proposed Methodology explicitly contemplates crediting forests whose landowners have sold the option to harvest to third parties. In this situation, option holders control the decision to harvest, not the landowners being credited for business-as-usual outcomes. See attached comment letter submitted in response to Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Targeted, Short-Term Harvest Deferral (March 2022).
Proposed Change: Prohibit landowners with outstanding harvest options from claiming credits for avoiding harvests that they no longer control. See comment letter.
NCX response: We note the confusion around this line in the methodology and have reworded this section to clarify the intent which is that the owner of the exercisable option may generate carbon credits.
Commenter Organization: CarbonPlan
Commenter: Danny Cullenward
2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: 6
Comment: The Proposed Methodology explicitly contemplates crediting forests whose landowners have sold the option to harvest to third parties. In this situation, option holders control the decision to harvest, not the landowners being credited for business-as-usual outcomes. See attached comment letter submitted in response to Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Targeted, Short-Term Harvest Deferral (March 2022).
Proposed Change: Prohibit landowners with outstanding harvest options from claiming credits for avoiding harvests that they no longer control. See comment letter.