Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021
39Project monitoring—livestock
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39 Project monitoring—livestock
(1) Subject to section 40, for the baseline period and the crediting period, the project proponent must determine the following parameters at least once a year:
(a) the number of animals within each project area, according to species, state/region and livestock class;
(b) the number of days, according to season, that the animals are in each CEA in each project area within a year.
(2) For the purposes of determining the number of animals in each livestock class, the date of birth of each animal is deemed to be the first day of summer.
(3) For the purposes of this section, data collection:
(a) may include the use of log books, farm gate records, or similar methods; and
(b) must be sufficiently accurate to capture stock movements according to group characteristics, by day and by season.