Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022
56Information required in offsets reports
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56 Information required in offsets reports
(1) An offsets report for a reporting period must include:
(a) a map showing each CEA in the project area; and
(b) the forest management plan as at the end of the reporting period; and
(c) for the first offsets report under this determination—the forest management plan as at:
(i) for a project with at least one CEA whose forest start date was before the beginning of the crediting period—the beginning of the crediting period; and
(ii) for any other project—the forest start date for the CEA.
(2) If, in modelling a management action or disturbance event in FullCAM in accordance with the FullCAM guidelines, the project proponent specified a portion of a CEA affected by a FullCAM event, the offsets report must describe how the portion was estimated.
(3) If, in the circumstances described in paragraph 7(2)(b), a factor or parameter is defined or calculated for a reporting period by reference to an instrument or writing as in force from time to time, the offsets report about the project for the reporting period must include the following information for the factor or parameter:
(a) the versions of the instrument or writing used;
(b) the start and end dates of each use;
(c) the reasons why it was not possible to define or calculate the factor or parameter by reference to the instrument or writing as in force at the end of the reporting period.
(4) If a CEA, or part of a CEA, was removed from the project during the reporting period in accordance with section 20, the offsets report must include a summary of the evidence mentioned in subsection 20(1).
Division 5.2—Record‑keeping requirements