Landowner ecological-condition destruction (catastrophic reversal)

Scenario

A landowner deliberately destroys ecological condition mid-term. Outstanding Earth Credits associated with the property may be invalidated.

Cost / impact

Reputational damage; buyer compensation triggered through buffer pool draw; methodology-level review of reversal.

Prevention

NRD-lite enforcement floor; transfer covenants; methodology layer detects destruction (satellite); per-property isolation contains damage.

Mitigation

Buffer pool draw — replaces invalidated credits; subrogation against destroying party.

Residual risk

Moderate. Buffer pool handles credit-side; NRD-lite handles legal-side. Unhedged residual is concentrated destruction across multiple properties simultaneously.