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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: 212 (Andrea Tuttle) #212

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ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

Commenter Organization: Forest and Climate Policy

Commenter: Andrea Tuttle

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: No Section Indicated

Comment: • Additionality in forest ecosystems cannot be demonstrated over one-year periods: The method assumes that a one-year deferral of harvest which is compensated by a token payment per acre, is an action taken for climate purposes, rather than just an ordinary BAU delay of harvest due to some extraneous market force (e.g. price, labor, equipment shortage).

Other IFM protocols that extend from 30 to 100 years allow a smoothing of natural variation in forest systems from year to year, enabling a forest trend signal to be separated from noise. This one-year snapshot does not.

Proposed Change: No Proposed Change

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: Projects are additional when the carbon stocks in the project scenario are greater than the carbon stocks expected under the baseline scenario–this is the basis for any carbon project verified against any standard. Because additionality, and therefore, creditable carbon is dependent on an accurate baseline, eligibility is limited to forests that are truly at risk of being harvested in the next year. Deferring that harvest results in additional carbon in the landscape.