Leakage

Leakage refers to emissions caused by the project activity but which are indirect or take place outside the project boundary. For this project, two potential sources of leakage have been identified: (a) harvesting of terrestrial biomass causing emissions elsewhere; and (b) lower amounts of biomass growth in the ocean due to nutrient resource constraints caused by the project’s macroalgae growth.

Both potential leakage considerations are mentioned for clarity, but are addressed and accounted for within the quantification framework above.

In the event other potential sources of leakage are identified, they will be considered and accounted for within future versions of this protocol.