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 involves clear cut or patch cut practices (with or without seed trees)
• Forests must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or become FSC-Certified within one year of the Project Start Date
• The project does not encompass managed peat forests
• The total percentage of wetlands in the project area is not expected to change as part of project activities
• Project participants must have a projection of management practices in both with and without project scenarios
• If fire is used as part of forest management, then fire control measures such as installation of fire breaks or back-burning, shall be taken to ensure fire does not spread outside the project boundary—that is, no biomass burning shall be permitted to occur beyond the project boundary due to forest management activities
• There may be no leakage through activity shifting to other lands owned or managed by project participants outside the bounds of the VCS carbon project