# 6.6 Risk of Reversal (PREFERRED)

corresponds to [2.5.10](https://app.gitbook.com/s/b021HTaWqvtGHZt5ri0G/readme/2-methodology-requirements/2.5-methodology-contents#id-2.5.10-risk-of-reversal) NCS

The legal framework for forest management in Europe generally requires that forests be managed in a way that allows them to continuously and unrestrictedly fulfil their functions.

## Risk minimisation in natural forest reserves

The provisions of NCS Chap. apply. [5.6.2](https://app.gitbook.com/s/b021HTaWqvtGHZt5ri0G/readme/5-crediting/5.6-reversals-and-buffer-pools#id-5.6.2-reversals) to ensure the integrity of the project register.

**"Official" Reserves**: subsidies for establishing forest reserves are intended to promote biodiversity. There are contracts with the state or other long-term commitments on a public-law basis. Examples of this in Germany are compensation areas with eco-points or compensations in Switzerland. The term is at least 50 years. Natural forest reserves with institutional status can be implemented as individual projects by the owners or within an IIFM project and within a programme. In the case of official protection status, additional official assurance of the project is provided.

In the event of the abolition of a natural forest reserve, the climate integrity must be maintained by continuing without official status, otherwise by compensation for the cancelled VERs.

Natural forest reserves with and without "official" status set up according to Chap. [6.4](4-durability-monitoring) introduces a monitoring system that confirms the protection status for each monitoring period.
