What evidence of sustainable forest management is required?
Project participants must provide evidence that all of the registered forest land is sustainably managed through certification from agencies or schemes endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) Council or through other certification schemes that have been approved by the CCX. Approved certification schemes for the United States include Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and American Tree Farm System Group Certification. How do CCX rules address the loss of carbon due to catastrophic events such as hurricanes or forest? All CCX eligible soil and forestry offset projects are required to maintain a carbon reserve pool to manage risks including losses from catastrophic events. Twenty percent of the CCX CFI contracts generated annually by the project will be placed in the reserve pool. A forest carbon reserve pool is established for each pool registered by an aggregator or individual projects from offset provide
