Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems) Methodology Determination 2018
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Duration
5 Definitions
6 References to factors and parameters from external sources
Part 2—Soil carbon projects
7 Soil carbon projects
Part 3—Project requirements
Division 1—General
8 General
9 Project area and eligible land
10 Activities to be conducted
11 Activities not to be conducted
12 Restricted activities
13 Land management strategy
14 Information to be included in applications relating to the project
Division 2—Operation of soil carbon projects
Subdivision 1—Operation of Division
15 Operation of eligible projects
Subdivision 2—Project accounting
16 Steps involved in accounting for a soil carbon project
17 Carbon estimation areas (CEAs), exclusion areas and emissions accounting areas
18 Sampling design
19 Sampling
20 Sample analysis
Division 3—Additionality
21 Newness requirement
Part 4—Net abatement amount
22 Operation of this Part
23 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations
Division 2—Calculation of net abatement amount—general
24 Overview
25 The net abatement amount, A
26 The net abatement amount for a project area, Apa
27 The project emissions buffer for a project area for a reporting period
Part 5—Reporting, record-keeping, notification and monitoring requirements
Division 1—Offsets report requirements
28 Operation of this Division
29 Information that must be included in offsets reports
Division 2—Notification requirements
30 Operation of this Division
31 Notification requirements
Division 3—Record‑keeping requirements
32 Operation of this Division
33 Record‑keeping requirements
Division 4—Monitoring requirements
34 Operation of this Division
35 Monitoring requirements
36 Project monitoring—livestock
37 Project monitoring—assumed baseline for livestock
38 Project monitoring—land management strategy
39 Consequences of not meeting requirement to monitor certain parameters