Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018
36Information that must be included in offsets reports
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36 Information that must be included in offsets reports
(1) For each project area reported on, the offsets report must include the following:
(a) a statement that the project area was not varied, and did not result from a project area that was varied, other than in accordance with section 15;
(b) if the project area was added to the project as the result of a variation to the section 27 declaration and is being reported on for the first time—a statement of that fact;
(c) if the project area is a subdivided project area that is first reported on during that reporting period:
(ii) the date on which the relevant variation of the section 27 declaration took effect;
(d) if the project proponent used SavBAT 3 to calculate the net abatement amount for the project area—a copy of:
(i) each abatement report; and
(ii) if the project area is a subdivided project area that is first reported on during the reporting period—the subdivision report;
produced by SavBAT 3 for the reporting period;
(e) if the project proponent calculated the net abatement amount for the project area without using SavBAT 3:
(i) copies of each seasonal fire map prepared in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document; and
(ii) for each monthly fire map that the project proponent produced in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document—any ERF audit report relating to the validation of the seasonal fire map for which that monthly fire map was used; and
(iii) the value of each amount that was calculated in accordance with an equation set out in Schedules 1 and 2 for the purpose of calculating the net abatement amount; and
(iv) if the project area is a subdivided project area that is first reported on during the reporting period—the values of the variables used to calculate the amounts given by equation 13, equation 18 and equation 19 (in addition to those amounts);
(f) if the project proponent is required to monitor the project area in accordance with section 40—the results of the monitoring;
(g) if the project proponent is not required to monitor the project area in accordance with section 40—a statement as to whether, to the best of the project proponent’s knowledge, any relevant weed species is present in the project area;
(h) a declaration to the effect that the density of livestock in the project area has not increased as a consequence of the project;
(i) if subsection 14(4) or paragraph 25(4)(b) applied to the project in relation to the reporting period—a map of the area impacted by relevant weed species and evidence that the weeds were permanently removed from that area.