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This is Sustainacraft Inc.'s 7th Newsletter.

Forest projects are broadly categorized into Avoided Unplanned Deforestation (AUD), Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR), and Improved Forest Management (IFM). At Verra, one of the Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM), significant revisions to the Methodologies for each of these categories are currently underway1.

This time, we will focus on IFM and introduce three Methodologies: Verra's existing Methodology, a new Methodology currently under development that integrates multiple previous Methodologies, and a Methodology proposed by the US startup NCX.

In the 6th newsletter, we covered technical topics regarding Baseline estimation methods for AUD. In IFM, the Baseline is calculated using a different approach than in AUD. While Causal Inference techniques are used in both for quantifying project effects, different approaches are proposed due to differences in problem settings. We will also touch upon these differences, so please refer to the 6th newsletter if needed.

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This time, we will introduce three Methodologies related to IFM. We will present the proposed content, divided into sections on Baseline concepts, project Emission Reduction calculation concepts, Leakage and Uncertainty assessment, and Monitoring items.

Methodology for Improved Forest Management

（Source: Verra）