There are measures in place if the parties administering these projects do not strictly adhere to these conditions. Risk countermeasures are procedures such as the establishment of a “buffer management account” - a pool comprising 3 per cent of the removal volume of each project, which acts as a buffer system to cope with forest fires or other natural disasters. This formula, used by the J-VER system, is a method of calculating the increases in carbon capture for applicable projects based on fluctuations in annual total stored carbon.