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14. Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU)
M0279
This methodology quantifies the GHG emission reductions and removals from activities that introduce sustainable adjustment of the density of grazing animals and the frequency of prescribed fires into uncultivated grassland landscapes. The proposed revision aims to expand the potential project activities to adjust intensity and/or frequency of biomass burning and introduces a dynamic baseline scenario. The revision also proposes to specify how biogeochemical models to estimate soil organic carbon stock changes are selected, calibrated, validated, and reassessed during the project lifetime. The methodology is globally applicable.
Summary of Development
The proposed methodology is being developed by Soils for the Future, LLC (external). It is currently at “Step 5: Validation/verification Body Assessment of Methodology” of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process, v4.3 (PDF) and will follow the process for major revisions as per Section 4.2 of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process, v4.3 (PDF).
- Verra hosted a public consultation from December 11, 2025 to February 27, 2026.
- Verra issued a Request for Proposal (PDF) to select independent expert reviewers between November 26, 2025 to December 31, 2025
Stakeholders interested in collaborating during methodology development or developing projects that this methodology might enable are encouraged to contact methodologies@verra.org. Please include the Methodology Development ID# M0279 in the subject line.
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