METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVED FOREST MANAGEMENT THROUGH TARGETED, SHORT-TERM HARVEST DEFERRAL Document Prepared by NCX Title Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Targeted, Short-Term Harvest Deferral Version 1.0 Date of Issue 17 March 2021 Type Methodology Sectoral Scope Sectoral Scope 14 Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU); Improved Forest Management; Extended Rotation Age Prepared By NCX Contact 2443 Fillmore St. #380-1418, San Francisco CA 94115. www.ncx.com. Zack Parisa, Chief Executive Officer, NCX (zack@ncx.com) Nan Pond, PhD, Science Director, Forestry, NCX (nan@ncx.com) Gordon Vermeer, Program Director and Chief Financial Officer, NCX (gordon@ncx.com) Jen Jenkins, PhD, Chief Sustainability Officer, NCX (jen@ncx.com) Methodology: VCS Version 4.0 RELATIONSHIP TO APPROVED OR PENDING METHODOLOGIES Approved and pending methodologies under the VCS Program and approved GHG programs that fall under the same sectoral scope (14 – Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses - AFOLU) and AFOLU project category (Improved Forest Management - IFM), were reviewed to determine whether an existing methodology could be reasonably revised to meet the objective of this proposed methodology. Four methodologies were identified and are set out below. These methodologies could not be reasonably revised for several reasons cited in the comments section of Table 1-1: Similar Methodologies. Table 1-1: Similar Methodologies Methodology Title GHG Program Comments VM0003 Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Rotation Age Extension VCS VM0003 uses a project method for baseline and additionality determination, whereas the proposed methodology uses a performance method. Additionally, unlike VM0003, this methodology clar...
