This methodology is applicable to Improved Forest Management VCS project activities that involve an extension in rotation age. The conditions under which the methodology is applicable are:

• Forest management in both baseline and project cases involving clear cut or patch cut practices (with or without seed trees)
• The project must not lead to a decrease in total volume harvested of more than 25% over the life of the project relative to the baseline
• Project participants must have a projection of management practices both with and without the project scenario.
• There may be no leakage through activity shifting to other lands owned or managed outside the bounds of the VCS carbon project.