Revision to VM0045: Methodology for Improved Forest Management Using Dynamic Matched Baselines from National Forest Inventories, v1.0

VM0045 is applicable to a wide range of improved forest management (IFM) practices and uses a dynamic performance benchmark for additionality and the crediting baseline created from national forest inventories.

The proposed revision introduces a new appendix and expands the geographic scope of the methodology to include Fennoscandian national forest inventories in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Further, the proposed revision corrects technical errors in Appendix 1.

The methodology idea note was submitted by Foster Forestry and Environmental Consulting (external). On March 9, 2026, the development of this revision was archived per the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process (PDF) due to the following reasons:

• This work was incorporated into the minor revision to VM0045 v1.2, M0289.