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Overview 2. Concept Note
14. Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU)
M0445
The proposed revision expands upon existing requirements under VM0042 Agricultural Land Management related to whether projects can use digital soil mapping (DSM) under Quantification Approach 2. This proposed revision preserves existing baseline definitions and methods allowing DSM to be used for control sites monitoring. Control sites are identified at time zero using remotely sensed and historical qualitative field management data. Continuation of baseline management is checked through periodic remote monitoring of agricultural practices, with routine validation to ensure quality. Areas that no longer meet control-site criteria are replaced within a dynamically matched baseline site. DSM would generate spatially explicit soil organic carbon estimates, with soil sampling in baseline areas retained under VT0014.
Call for Interest
Verra is looking for support during the development of this revision. Please contact methodologies@verra.org and indicate your specific level(s) of interest. Please include the Methodology Development ID# M0445 in the subject line.
- Funders – stakeholders interested in providing funding to cover costs associated with developing the proposed revision
- Technical Contributors – stakeholders interested in providing professional expertise (in-kind or as a paid consultant) to help draft or prepare content for the revision
- Independent Expert Reviewers – stakeholders interested in serving as an independent expert reviewer once the draft revision is ready (see Section 3.5: Independent Expert Review of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process (PDF)
- General interest – Stakeholders interested in developing projects that this revision might enable are encouraged to reach out and share their estimates and plans for future project development. This helps Verra to better understand the demand for this proposed revision.
Summary of Development
The methodology idea note (MIN) was submitted by Perennial Climate Inc. and Bayer.
The revision is currently at “Step 1.7: Verra conducts a feasibility assessment” of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process (PDF).
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