• In an AFOLU project, any event that results in a loss of more than five percent of previously verified emission reductions and removals due to losses in carbon stocks in pools included in the project boundary that is not planned for in the project description (e.g., harvesting as set out in management plans and described in the project description is not a loss event). Examples include catastrophic events (see definition of catastrophic reversal) as well as human-induced losses such as those caused by poor management, tillage, over-harvesting or encroachment by outside actors (e.g., illegal logging or fuelwood collection); or
• In a jurisdictional program, any event that results in a loss of more than five percent of previously verified emission reductions and removals due to losses in carbon stocks in pools included in the program boundary that is not planned for in the program description (e.g., harvesting as set out in management plans and described in the program description is not a loss event). Examples include harvesting beyond levels predicted in the baseline, construction of roads or other infrastructure not included in the baseline, or significant natural disturbances .
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