Use Earth Blox to carry out a VM0047 assessment, to quantify carbon removal in afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) projects.
The VM0047 methodology, developed by Verra, ensures that an ARR project is ‘additional’, by showing that compared to similar control areas, a greater amount of carbon was removed than would have been without the project.
Use this guide alongside the Assess ARR project additionality using VM0047 package of workflows in Earth Blox.
Step 1: Check ARR project eligibility
Step 2: Delineate the donor pool
Step 4: Match project and control plots
Glossary
Control plots
Uniformly sized areas from within the bounds of the donor pool
Project plots
Uniformly sized areas within the bounds of the project area
Project plots and control plots must be the same size
Donor pool
The area that control plots are selected from. This area has similar characteristics to the project area, and can therefore be used as a comparison.
Stocking index
The dataset, with proven correlation to biomass, used to compare project and control plots.
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