Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018
11Savanna sequestration projects
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11 Savanna sequestration projects
(1) For paragraph 106(1)(a) of the Act, this determination applies to an offsets project that:
(a) involves undertaking savanna fire management with the following objectives:
(i) removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by sequestering more carbon in dead organic matter than was sequestered during the baseline period;
(ii) avoiding the emission of methane and nitrous oxide from the burning of savannas, compared to the emissions during the baseline period; and
(b) does not result in an increase in:
(i) greenhouse gas emissions from other sources such as livestock; or
(ii) the rate of decomposition of organic carbon; and
(c) is carried out on a savanna that is in either or both of the following:
(i) the high-rainfall zone;
(ii) the low-rainfall zone; and
(d) can reasonably be expected to result in eligible carbon abatement.
(2) A project covered by subsection (1) is a savanna sequestration project.
Projects not covered by this determination
(3) This determination does not apply to an offsets project whose applicable methodology determination is a savanna emissions avoidance determination.
(4) If the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Act 2018 commences, subsection (3) ceases to apply on and after the date that it commences.
Note: As a result of subsection (3), if a project proponent is running a project that is covered by a savanna emissions avoidance determination, they cannot apply this determination to the project by making a request under section 128 of the Act. See section 23 for an outline of other ways of moving their project onto this determination.
As a result of subsection (4), however, after the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Act 2018 commences, project proponents will be able to apply this determination to such a project by making a request under section 128 of the Act, in addition to the other ways of moving a project onto this determination outlined in section 23.
Part 3—Project requirements
Division 1—General
12 Operation of this Part
For paragraph 106(1)(b) of the Act, to be an eligible offsets project, a savanna sequestration project must meet the requirements in this Part.