Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018
19Revisions to vegetation fuel type map
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19 Revisions to vegetation fuel type map
When vegetation fuel type map must be revised
(1) If the project proponent becomes aware that:
(a) a mapping unit in the vegetation fuel type map was classified, in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document, with a vegetation fuel type; and
(b) either:
(i) the classification was incorrect, and the mapping unit should have been classified as ineligible; or
(ii) the mapping unit or the classification is not, or is no longer, in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document;
the project proponent must revise the vegetation fuel type map accordingly.
When vegetation fuel type map may be revised
(2) If the project proponent becomes aware that a mapping unit classified as ineligible may be classified with a vegetation fuel type in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document, the project proponent may revise the vegetation fuel type map accordingly.
How vegetation fuel type map is revised and validated
(3) If a map is revised (for example, if another code is assigned to a mapping unit) under this section, the revised map must be validated as required by the savanna technical guidance document.
Note: If the area of land represented by the mapping unit or units that are being revised is a material proportion of the whole, the savanna technical guidance document may require validation of the entire revised map.
(4) The revision and (if necessary) validation must:
(a) be done in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document; and
(b) if the revision is required by subsection (1)—be completed before submitting an offsets report for the reporting period in which the project proponent becomes aware of the matter referred to in that subsection; and
(c) otherwise—be completed before submitting an offsets report for the first reporting period for which the revised map is used.
Note: If, during a reporting period, the vegetation fuel type map is revised in accordance with this section, the version of the map as in force at the end of the reporting period is used for calculations of the net abatement amount for all years of the reporting period. See subsection 10(1).