Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021
49Livestock emissions—if historical stock rate data is not known
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49 Livestock emissions—if historical stock rate data is not known
(1) This section applies if the project proponent is unable to access records for the duration of the baseline period to apply section 48.
(2) For equation 12, View image in the official source is given by the following equation:
| View image in the official source | equation 15 |
View image in the official sourceis the assessed annual carrying capacity of project area PA, in animal units, determined in accordance with the process set out in the supplement.
View image in the official source is the stocking rate of project area PA for the first year Y of the project, in the same animal units as the value for View image in the official source.
View image in the official sourceis the total emissions from livestock during year first year of the project for the project area PA, in tonnes of CO2-e, given by equation 16.
(3) For equation 15, View image in the official sourceis given by the following equation:
| View image in the official source | equation 16 |
View image in the official sourceis number of animals in livestock group gijk within project area PA in the first year of the project Y, in livestock head.
View image in the official source is the number of days in year Y that livestock group gijk was within the project area PA, in days.
View image in the official sourceis the default emission factor for livestock group gijk, as set out in the Supplement, in kilograms of CO2-e per livestock head per day.