NCGS Strata

Pre-release. This site describes standard version 0.7.0-dev, which is in development and may change before version 1.0.0.

The four evidence tiers a tree is in. A state of the tree, visible in every claim, never a label on the project (ADR-0003, ADR-0031).

Delivered only

Handed over in a consignment and not planted by the implementing partner, with no monitoring planned. Supports output claims only.

Delivered with monitoring

Handed over in a consignment at a site the office designated delivered with monitoring, typically a household stand visited within days of handover, and monitored at the horizons the plan reaches. Supports outcome and impact claims as planted with monitoring does; its anchor is the handover date, never a reported planting date, and its frame the trees the recipient acknowledged (ADR-0031).

Planted with monitoring

Planted by the implementing partner with monitoring visits planned at declared horizons. With delivered with monitoring, one of the two strata that support outcome and impact claims.

Planted without monitoring

Planted by the implementing partner with no monitoring visits planned. Supports output claims; later horizons are unobserved.

This page explains the standard and does not decide conformance: only the released corpus does. It describes glossary/horizons-and-strata.ttl at standard version 0.7.0-dev.