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Jason Gray
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812
 
Re: Comments on the California Tropical Forest Standard: Criteria
for Assessing Jurisdictional-Scale Programs that Reduce Emissions
from Tropical Deforestation

Dear Mr. Gray:

I am submitting comments as an individual and not as a
representative of Stanford University or any other organization.  I
am a research scientist with decades of experience in studies of
the global carbon cycle and quantifying ecosystem carbon stocks. 

I have evaluated the draft California Tropical Forest Standard and
am writing to encourage the California Air Resources Board to
endorse the Standard.

My reading of the technical literature and my own research together
convince me that available and affordable technologies have the
necessary accuracy, precision, and availability to provide
high-confidence in reported carbon stocks and stock changes,
especially at the jurisdictional scale.  I do not feel that
concerns about the potential accuracy of reporting and verification
should prevent approval of the standard.  Reporting and
verification involve important technical challenges, but the
available technology can deal with these effectively, at reasonable
costs.


Sincerely,

Christopher Field