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Overview 
Verra has opened a public consultation on the draft Methodology for Enhanced Forest Sequestration with Dynamic Baselines using Randomized Control Trials (methodology development ID #M0274) in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program. The consultation will run from May 6 through June 8, 2026.
This proposed new methodology broadly expands the scope of Verra’s Improved Forest Management portfolio to accommodate enhanced sequestration projects. The VCS Standard, v5.0 defines enhanced sequestration as practices that increase carbon sequestration through interventions that accelerate tree growth rates and increase survival. In this draft methodology, enhanced sequestration refers to intentional, targeted interventions that go beyond standard conservation and business-as-usual forestry management practices to actively increase the rate of carbon sequestration. Examples include fungal inoculation at the time of planting, the removal of competing vegetation (e.g., woody vines), and mixed-species planting.
Projects using this methodology will be able to employ a co-located control—an area within the project boundary where no intervention occurs—that serves as a direct baseline for measuring the carbon benefits in the project area where the intervention occurs. The use of co-located baseline and project scenarios is analogous to the design of experimental field trials used in agriculture and ecosystem science. This approach results in high methodological integrity by reducing reliance on modeled baselines, improving causal attribution of climate benefits, and enhancing transparency and verifiability. It represents a major step toward more empirical, data-driven carbon accounting in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector.
The proposed methodology was developed by Funga along with other partners.
Feedback
Please see the public consultation document for the full background and details about the proposed updates.
Verra is accepting feedback through its digital public consultation platform, which is hosted on the Verra Project Hub. Stakeholders will need to use the link provided to enter their personal details, confirm their email address, and access the online consultation form. For additional guidance, please review the user guide (PDF).
Comments may be submitted electronically via the online form by 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12) on June 8, 2026. If you experience issues using the digital public consultation platform or have feedback on it, please contact hubsupport@verra.org.