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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: 270 (Ben Parkhurst) #270

Closed ncx-gitbot closed 1 year ago

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

Commenter Organization: Bluesource LLC

Commenter: Ben Parkhurst

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: No Section Indicated

Comment: Feedback on 1 Year Projects Utilizing Tonne Year Accounting

Proposed Change: It is also important to consider the issue of leakage in the context of projects with single year comments. The current leakage factors prescribed for VCS AFOLU projects were designed to be applied to multi-decadal projects, and it is not clear that leakage figures calibrated in this manner are at all appropriate for projects with commitments as fleeting as one year.

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: Leakage is poorly studied across existing IFM projects, especially short-term harvest deferral projects. We agree that leakage is a possible outcome of purposefully delaying a harvest. Based on comments received, we have updated the methodological approach to include a more conservative deduction. We look forward to working with other developers and academic researchers to explore methods of measuring leakage directly in the future.