20Re‑stratification to remove area that is no longer suitable for plantation growth

20  Re‑stratification to remove area that is no longer suitable for plantation growth

 (1) This section applies to a CEA other than an ex-plantation CEA if there is evidence that demonstrates that the growth of trees in the CEA, or in part of that CEA, has been, and is likely to remain, insufficient for the area to be a commercially viable part of the project’s plantations.

 (2) The project proponent may re‑stratify the area of land covered by the CEA so that the land to which subsection (1) applies is no longer part of any CEA.

 (3) The re-stratification must occur, or be taken to have occurred:

 (a) at the beginning of a reporting period; or

 (b) between rotations; or

 (c) immediately before a disturbance event.

Note: Any carbon stored in the area removed from the CEA will no longer contribute to the project. This may impact upon abatement and crediting outcomes, depending on the area removed.

Division 3.5—Management regimes

Subdivision 3.5.1—General

21  Management actions and when they occur

Management actions

 (1) For this determination, the following are the management actions:

 (a) planting;

 (b) seeding;

 (c) coppicing;

 (d) fertilisation;

 (e) weed control;

 (f) pruning;

 (g) thinning without harvest;

 (h) thinning with harvest;

 (i) controlled burn;

 (j) salvage harvesting;

 (k) clearfelling without harvest;

 (l) clearfelling with harvest;

 (m) chopper rolling;

 (n) windrow and burn.

Note: The definitions of ‘pruned’ and ‘thinned’ in clause 1 of Schedule 2 do not apply in relation to the actions referred to in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h). The meanings of these terms, when used to refer to management actions, are set out in the FullCAM guidelines—see subsection (3).

 In relation to paragraph (i), a fire that begins as a controlled burn (and so is not intended to kill trees), but has the effect of killing one or more trees, is not a controlled burn, and is not treated as a management action—see subsection (4). If the fire affects more than 5% of the area covered by the CEA, it is treated as a disturbance event—see paragraph 22(1)(a).

 There will normally be a harvest after a clearfelling; however, paragraph (k) allows for the case where a rotation is ended so early in the rotation as to make harvesting uneconomic.

Note: For restrictions on actions that can be undertaken in ex-plantation CEAs, see section 31.