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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: 199 (Danny Cullenward) #199

Closed ncx-gitbot closed 1 year ago

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

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.

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

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.