35Monitoring requirements

35  Monitoring requirements

  The project proponent for a soil carbon project must comply with the monitoring requirements set out in the following table in accordance with the instructions given in the table.

• Monitoring requirements
• Item Parameter Description Units Instructions
• 1 (see schedule 2, equation 46) Number of animals in livestock group gijk within the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area in each year (B) of the baseline period. Livestock head Determined in accordance with section 36.
• 2 (see schedule 2, equation 46) Period (in days) in year B of the baseline period that livestock group gijk was within the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. Days Determined in accordance with section 36.
• 3 (see schedule 2, equation 64) Number of animals in livestock group gijk that were within the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. Livestock head Determined in accordance with section 36.
• 4 (see schedule 2, equation 47) Stocking rate of the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area for the first year Y of the project. Animal units Determined consistently with section 36 for the first year of the project.
• 5 (see schedule 2, equation 66) quantity of synthetic fertiliser group fij applied to the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. t fertiliser Evidenced by invoices, contractual arrangements or sales records.
• 6 (see schedule 2, equation 65) Quantity of urea applied to the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. t urea Evidenced by invoices, contractual arrangements or sales records.
• 7 (see schedule 2, equation 68) Quantity of lime type l applied in the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. t Evidenced by invoices, contractual arrangements or sales records.
• 8 (see schedule 2, equation 72) Quantity of harvested crop by crop type v in the reporting period in the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. t of crop Evidenced by invoices, contractual arrangements or other industry standard practices.
• 9 (see schedule 2, equation 72) Fraction of crop residue from crop type v that was removed from the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. Decimal Evidenced by industry standard practices, such as cover rating assessments.
• 10 (see schedule 2, equation 70) Tilled area for pasture establishment or renovation in the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. ha Using mapping approach under the Supplement.
• 11 (see schedule 2, equation 75) Quantity of fuel used to irrigate the CEAs and emissions accounting areas of each project area. kL Evidenced by invoices or contractual arrangements and apportioned based on hectares of the carbon estimation area irrigated as a fraction of the total hectares of land irrigated and the fuel used to run all pumps on that land