Public Comment: 61 (Maria Fernanda Buitrago)

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Commenter Organization: South Pole

Commenter: Maria Fernanda Buitrago

2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: Section 4. Applicability conditions

Comment: "The geographic applicability of the methodology is limited only by the availability of appropriate data sources and quantification techniques. The methodology specifies a process for establishing a dynamic performance benchmark that is applicable in the United States (due to data availability), but the methodology may apply to projects located in countries where relevant data sources are available and where all other requirements of this methodology can be met."
It is not clear why in US it could be easier. In our case we have projects around the world where you can always establish permanent plots to monitor the "project" scenario, and for the baseline scenario, there is in many cases inventories from teh same reforestation companies or local data from environmental or national organisations. These permanent plots and inventories shoudl be sufficient, right?`

Proposed Change: No Proposed Change

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NCX response: Our baseline model uses U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data, however it is only the first module, or version. Future iterations of the methodology and baseline models could incorporate other data sources from other geographies to expand adoption.