Like any other business or farming activity, carbon farming involves risks that need to be understood and managed.
This chapter sets out:
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the range of risks involved in carbon farming activities
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how to account for the risks (in a series of numerical examples).
After reading this chapter, you will understand:
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key elements of the risks involved in running an ERF project
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how to combine calculations into a simple model of net project benefits
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how to use sensitivity and threshold analysis to consider risk in the overall context of the project.