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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: 260 (Daniel H. Hudnut) #260

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: The NCX program creates incentives for woodlot owners with maturing timber to enroll in the program every year, regardless of their plans. At such time as the landowner decides to harvest the timber, they simply do not get paid for that year, and they cannot participate in the program for the following three years. But their timber is re-growing anyway, so that's OK. How can NCX demonstrate that its harvest deferral payments modified the landowner's behavior?

Proposed Change: Reduce opportunities for gaming the system (getting paid with no attendant change in behavior).

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.