Galik CS, Mobley ML, Judge DdeB. A virtual "field test" of forest management protocols on climate: the influence of accounts. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change. 2009;14:677–90. In the case of carbon sequestration in forests, a less stringent accounting approach can increase participation and thus increase final carbon storage, as well as greater participation in climate-friendly policies and co-benefits, which are typically linked to forest carbon management. Can we define "well enough" (Richards and Huebner) while minimizing transaction costs? Olsson et al. [34] have proposed a system that accepts certain uncertainties in order to achieve clean development and the participation of countries at an early stage of development. The Forest Service has developed regional carbon assessment reports to help forest managers and the public understand the amount of carbon stored in forest ecosystems and harvested wood products (HBPs). The core carbon reports provide information from forest inventory and analysis (AIF) data on carbon stocks and trends for seven different carbon basins in the forest ecosystem - trees living on the surface, trees underground, dead trees, dead wood, forest soil and organic carbon in the soil - for the base period 1990-2013 (and from 2005 to 2013, B. Reduction of the longer base limit). These reports also provide estimates of the carbon stored in the HWP over longer periods of time, depending on the availability of data.
The shorter lead time reduces the sustainability needs of each project, but increases the appeal to more landowners. If a large part of the projects re-register at the end of their execution period or if there is a continuous influx of new projects, the total carbon stock currently involved in the programme at any given time would be considerable. . . .