Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021
15Operation of soil carbon projects
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15 Operation of soil carbon projects
(1) Each project area and CEA of a soil carbon project must meet the requirements of Division 2 of Schedule 1 during each reporting period (including requirements relating to sampling and sampling design), unless it meets the requirements of Division 2 of Schedule 2 (including requirements relating to sampling and sampling design) during that period.
(2) If a project area or CEA of the project only meets the requirements of Division 2 of Schedule 2 during a reporting period (including requirements relating to sampling and sampling design), the project area or CEA must meet the requirements of that Division of that Schedule (including requirements relating to sampling and sampling design) during each subsequent reporting period.
(3) A soil carbon project must meet the requirements of section 8 of Schedule 1 during each reporting period, unless it meets the requirements of section 9 of Schedule 2 during that period.
(4) The amount of change in soil organic carbon for a reporting period for a CEA in a project area of the project with a specified probability of exceedance (the View image in the official source), must be worked out using Schedule 1, unless that change for the CEA is worked out using Schedule 2.
(5) If the View image in the official sourcefor a CEA in a project area of the project for a reporting period is worked out using Schedule 2, that value for the CEA for each subsequent reporting period must be worked out using Schedule 2.