At this stage, 'gross' means prior to integration into the calculation of the other factors that limit the accessibility of the carbon resource: access to other services and maintenance of ecosystem functions. This integration will be done by weighting the gross potential with indexes extracted from tables [C], [D] and [E]: Ecosystem Accessible Water Surplus (EAWS), Landscape Ecosystem Potential (LEP), Rivers Ecosystem Potential (REP) and Ecosystem Biodiversity Rating (EBR). Several options are available for combining the various indexes into a 'limiting factors index' to weight the gross potential, including average values or more elaborate methods . Bayesian belief network decision trees. The final decision will have to take into consideration that it is more important.
