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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: 60 (Maria Fernanda Buitrago) #60

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ncx-gitbot commented 2 years ago

Commenter Organization: South Pole

Commenter: Maria Fernanda Buitrago

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: Section 4. Applicability conditions

Comment: "1. Participating properties are subject to timber harvesting in the baseline scenario during the activity period as determined via a business as usual (BAU) assessment. This should be conducted for each activity period to re-assess additionality." How can we demonstrate this? With Management plans? Previous harvesting historical data?"

Proposed Change: No Proposed Change

ncx-gitbot commented 2 years ago

NCX response: The business as usual model is a hierarchical statistical model that predicts one-year harvest risk and intensity based on FIA training data and a suite of covariates that include geographic, biological, economic, and sociological factors. Partial pooling across forest types ensures that the model is able to leverage the similarity and ubiquity of covariate relationships across the forests of the continental U.S. while still allowing for regionally specific differences.