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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: 254 (Daniel H. Hudnut) #254

Closed ncx-gitbot closed 1 year ago

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

Commenter Organization: Wagner Forest Management, Ltd.

Commenter: Daniel H. Hudnut

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: No Section Indicated

Comment: In the NCX program landowners are paid if there is no reduction in stocking. Theoretically, a landowner could harvest growth with no penalty under the program. However, the expected growth increment is the basis for stating that there is an increase in carbon stocks on the property and therefore in the project area.

Proposed Change: This seems like an NCX problem.

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: Landowners generate credits through deferring forest harvest relative to the predicted baseline (business-as-usual) harvesting levels. This is calculated by comparing carbon stocks at the end of a deferral period to the stocks anticipated under the baseline scenario; growth is included in the expected values for both scenarios.