# NBO Natured Based Offset (NBO), is an Nature-based offset index accepting all VCS and GS methodologies characterized as NCS, including REDD+, IFM, and those with VCS or GS certification utilizing CDM-based forestry methodologies such as AR-AM0014. Vintage of 2014 onwards. The following Methodologies are accepted below: {% tabs %} {% tab title="Verra" %} | [Revision to VM0042 Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/revision-to-vm0042-methodology-for-improved-agricultural-land-management-v1-0/)14 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [VM0017 Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Land Management, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0017-adoption-of-sustainable-agricultural-land-management-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0021 Soil Carbon Quantification Methodology, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0021-soil-carbon-quantification-methodology-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0026 Methodology for Sustainable Grassland Management (SGM), v1.1](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0026-methodology-for-sustainable-grassland-management-sgm-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0032 Methodology for the Adoption of Sustainable Grasslands through Adjustment of Fire and Grazing, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0032-methodology-for-the-adoption-of-sustainable-grasslands-through-adjustment-of-fire-and-grazing-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0042 Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0042-methodology-for-improved-agricultural-land-management-v1-0/) | | [VM0009 Methodology for Avoided Ecosystem Conversion, v3.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0009-methodology-for-avoided-ecosystem-conversion-v3-0/)14 | | [VM0021 Soil Carbon Quantification Methodology, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0021-soil-carbon-quantification-methodology-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0026 Methodology for Sustainable Grassland Management (SGM), v1.1](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0026-methodology-for-sustainable-grassland-management-sgm-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0032 Methodology for the Adoption of Sustainable Grasslands through Adjustment of Fire and Grazing, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0032-methodology-for-the-adoption-of-sustainable-grasslands-through-adjustment-of-fire-and-grazing-v1-0/) | | [VM0041 Methodology for the Reduction of Enteric Methane Emissions from Ruminants through the Use of Feed Ingredients, v2.0](https://verra.org/methodology/reduction-of-enteric-methane-emissions/) | | [VMR0003 Revisions to AMS-III.Y to Include Use of Organic Bedding Material, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vmr0003-revisions-to-ams-iii-y-to-include-use-of-organic-bedding-material-v1-0/) | | [VM0004 Methodology for Conservation Projects that Avoid Planned Land Use Conversion in Peat Swamp Forests, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0004-methodology-for-conservation-projects-that-avoid-planned-land-use-conversion-in-peat-swamp-forests-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0007 REDD+ Methodology Framework (REDD+MF), v1.6](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0007-redd-methodology-framework-redd-mf-v1-6/)14 | | [VM0024 Methodology for Coastal Wetland Creation, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0024-methodology-for-coastal-wetland-creation-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0027 Methodology for Rewetting Drained Tropical Peatlands, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0027-methodology-for-rewetting-drained-tropical-peatlands-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0033 Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration, v2.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0033-methodology-for-tidal-wetland-and-seagrass-restoration-v2-0/)14 | | [VM0036 Methodology for Rewetting Drained Temperate Peatlands v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0036-methodology-for-rewetting-drained-temperate-peatlands-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0003 Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Extension of Rotation Age, v1.2](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0003-methodology-for-improved-forest-management-through-extension-of-rotation-age-v1-2/)14 | | [VM0004 Methodology for Conservation Projects that Avoid Planned Land Use Conversion in Peat Swamp Forests, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0004-methodology-for-conservation-projects-that-avoid-planned-land-use-conversion-in-peat-swamp-forests-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0005 Methodology for Conversion of Low-productive Forest to High-productive Forest, v1.2](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0005-methodology-for-conversion-of-low-productive-forest-to-high-productive-forest-v1-2/)14 | | [VM0006 Methodology for Carbon Accounting for Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects, v2.2](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0006-methodology-for-carbon-accounting-for-mosaic-and-landscape-scale-redd-projects-v2-2/)14 | | [VM0007 REDD+ Methodology Framework (REDD+MF), v1.6](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0007-redd-methodology-framework-redd-mf-v1-6/)14 | | [VM0009 Methodology for Avoided Ecosystem Conversion, v3.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0009-methodology-for-avoided-ecosystem-conversion-v3-0/)14 | | [VM0010 Methodology for Improved Forest Management: Conversion from Logged to Protected Forest, v1.3](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0010-methodology-for-improved-forest-management-conversion-from-logged-to-protected-forest-v1-3/)14 | | [VM0011 Methodology for Calculating GHG Benefits from Preventing Planned Degradation, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0011-methodology-for-calculating-ghg-benefits-from-preventing-planned-degradation-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0012 Improved Forest Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests (LtPF), v1.2](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0012-improved-forest-management-in-temperate-and-boreal-forests-ltpf-v1-2/)14 | | [VM0015 Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation, v1.1](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0015-methodology-for-avoided-unplanned-deforestation-v1-1/)14 | | [VM0029 Methodology for Avoided Forest Degradation through Fire Management, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0029-methodology-for-avoided-forest-degradation-through-fire-management-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0034 Canadian Forest Carbon Offset Methodology, v2.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0034-canadian-forest-carbon-offset-methodology-v2-0-2/)14 | | [VM0035 Methodology for Improved Forest Management through Reduced Impact Logging v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0035-methodology-for-improved-forest-management-through-reduced-impact-logging-v1-0/)14 | | [VM0037 Methodology for Implementation of REDD+ Activities in Landscapes Affected by Mosaic Deforestation and Degradation, v1.0](https://verra.org/methodology/vm0037-methodology-implementation-redd-activities-landscapes-affected-mosaic-deforestation-degradation-v1-0/)1 | | [AR-ACM0003 (CDM)](https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/DB/C9QS5G3CS8FW04MYYXDFOQDPXWM4OE) | | [AR-AM0014 (CDM)](https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/DB/KMH6O8T6RL3P5XKNBQE2N359QG7KOE) | | [AR-AMS0003](https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/DB/808WOYH6FWAXP3CQR4PXOLORGZBVRG) (CDM) | | [AR-AMS0007](https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/DB/J6ZHLX1C3AEMSZ52PWIII6D2AOJZUB) (CDM) | {% endtab %} {% tab title="Gold Standard" %} | SOIL ORGANIC CARBON FRAMEWORK METHODOLOGY | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION & SEQUESTRATION METHODOLOGY | | [REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM ENTERIC FERMENTATION IN DAIRY COWS THROUGH APPLICATION OF FEED SUPPLEMENTS](https://globalgoals.goldstandard.org/404-luf-agr-livestock-enteric-fermentation-in-dairy-cows-through-application-of-feed-supplements/) | | {% endtab %} | | {% endtabs %} |