13Land management strategy

13  Land management strategy

 (1) A qualified person must prepare or review one or more written strategies (a land management strategy) for the implementation of all eligible management activities to be carried out as part of the soil carbon project until the end of the permanence obligation period for the project that:

 (a) includes information which demonstrates that:  

 (i) for all land included, or to be included, in a CEA, at least one eligible management activity will be carried out or maintained until the end of the permanence obligation period for the project; and

 (ii) consideration has been given to the other activities being conducted in the project area and the environmental factors that may be incompatible with increasing soil organic carbon stocks and the steps that would be taken to address such incompatibility; and

Note: Limitations may include soil sodicity, soil structure, environmental factors and micronutrients.

 (iii) consideration has been given to the other activities being conducted in the project area and the environmental factors that may present risks to maintaining soil organic carbon stocks and the steps that would be taken to address such risks; and

Note: Environmental factors may include changes in rainfall and temperature impacting the project area.

 (iv) the overall impact of all land management activities conducted in the project area could reasonably be expected to improve soil organic carbon stocks over time; and

 (b) includes a statement confirming that activities excluded by section 11, or in breach of section 12, are not being conducted or proposed to be conducted; and

 (c)  specifies:

 (i) whether the project proponent intends to use either or both of the following:

 (A) biochar;

 (B) products containing human effluent;

  as part of their project; and

 (ii) the steps the project proponent needs to take in order to monitor the project’s progress; and

 (iii) the records the project proponent needs to keep relating to land management activities to verify that the overall objectives of the land management strategy are being achieved.

 (2) The land management strategies must:

 (a) cover all of the land included in the CEAs for the project; and

 (b) cover all of the land in a given CEA in a single strategy.

 (3) The initial land management strategies for the project must be prepared:

 (a) if this determination is the applicable methodology determination for the project as a result of a 128 application—before submitting the first offsets report after making that application; or