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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: 74 (Jonathan Pomp, CF, RPF) #74

Closed ncx-gitbot closed 2 years ago

ncx-gitbot commented 2 years ago

Commenter Organization: Green Assets

Commenter: Jonathan Pomp, CF, RPF

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: 6

Comment: The baseline section allows for use of "written harvest plan" to estimate the proportion of standing carbon expected to be removed at harvest. This would be very easy to abuse, particularly with no written management plan or third party certification requirement as mentioned previously. Anyone, qualified or not, could simply update a harvest plan each year to hypothetically remove 100% of stocks and be credited for it each year.

Proposed Change: Remove section or revise language to close this potential loophole.

ncx-gitbot commented 2 years ago

NCX response: Harvest plans should be real and credible. All project developer should implement safeguards to identify and report fraud.