Section 11 - Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021 - Activities not to be conducted

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11 Activities not to be conducted

(1) Activities excluded by this section must not be conducted on land that is, or is to be, part of a CEA in the period commencing on the date of the section 22 application for the project and ending at the end of the permanence obligation period for the project.

(2) Land under pasture must not be de-stocked unless:

(a) the land is to be converted to a cropping system; or

(b) the de-stocking period is within the relevant drought period for the land; or

Note 1: Reducing stocking density on land that is, or is to be, part of a CEA is not an excluded activity.

Note 2: Exceptional circumstances may include a disease outbreak among livestock.

(3) After the completion of the baseline sampling round:

(a) land management activities must not disturb the soil any deeper than 10 centimetres above the baseline nominated soil depth;

(b) pyrolysised material that is not biochar must not be applied.

(4) Land management activities must not be conducted on hypersulfidic material that would result in one or more of the following:

(a) drainage;

(b) physical disturbance;

Note: Project proponents may choose to exclude soils with hypersulfidic material (i.e. acid sulfate soils) from CEAs to avoid the risk of breaching this subsection.

(5) An activity notified to the project proponent in writing by the Regulator under subsection (6) must not be conducted.

(6) The Regulator may notify a project proponent of one or more activities that must not be conducted if:

(a) the Regulator is satisfied that the activity may result in the crediting of non-genuine carbon abatement; and

Note: Actions which directly or indirectly increase the value of View image in the official source or reduce the value of View image in the official source View image in the official sourceresult in additional crediting under the Act. Non-genuine carbon abatement could include activities which increase crediting under this determination without a corresponding overall benefit from the removals or reduced emissions, such as through leakage.