5Definitions

5  Definitions

  In this determination:

Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.

baseline period, for a project area or a part of a project area—see section 8 and (for land within a transferring project area) section 26.

calendar year means a period of 12 months starting on 1 January.

CFI Rule means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015.

CO2-e means carbon dioxide equivalent.

continuing transferring project—see section 24.

early dry season—see section 7.

fire season—see section 7.

former determination, for a transferring project area—see section 24.

fuel size class means the following:

 (a) shrub fuel;

 (b) fine fuel;

 (c) coarse fuel;

 (d) heavy fuel.

GIS means geographic information system.

high rainfall zone—see section 6.

late dry season—see section 7.

low rainfall zone—see section 6.

mapping unit: if a map that represents a particular area of land is divided into 2 or more discrete parts, with each part representing a different portion of that area of land, each such part is a mapping unit.

Example: A pixel on a map that is in raster format.

National Inventory Report—see section 9.

net abatement amount, for an eligible offsets project in relation to a reporting period, means the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for the project in relation to the reporting period for the purposes of paragraph 106(1)(c) of the Act (see also section 29).

original project area, in relation to a subdivided project area—see subsection 15(2).

permanence obligation period, in relation to a savanna sequestration project, means the period from the declaration of the project until the last day the Regulator could issue a notice to relinquish Australian carbon credit units under Division 3 of Part 7 of the Act.

project area part, of a project area, means either that part entirely within the high rainfall zone or that part entirely within the low rainfall zone.

Example: If a project area is entirely within a single rainfall zone, it has a single project area part. If a project area spans both rainfall zones, it has two project area parts.

project management plan—see section 17.

relevant calculation period means:

 (a) when calculating a value that relates to the baseline period—the baseline period; and

 (b) when calculating a value that relates to a later calendar year, other than the amount referred to in paragraph (c)—the period that:

 (i) begins:

 (A) if the project area’s baseline period under this determination is determined by reference to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning—1.1) Methodology Determination 2013—on the relevant project commencement date within the meaning of that determination; and

 (B) otherwise—on the 1 January after the baseline period ends; and

 (ii) ends at the end of that year; and

 (c) when calculating the 10‑year project equilibrium fuel load for a particular calendar year for subparagraph 36(3)(d)(ii) of this determination—the period that:

 (i) begins on the later of:

 (A) the beginning of the period referred to in paragraph (b); and

 (B) the beginning of the ninth year before the calendar year; and

 (ii) ends at the end of the calendar year.

Note: In relation to sub‑subparagraph (b)(i)(A), see subsection 26(3) of this determination for how the baseline period is determined. For a project area whose baseline period is determined by reference to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning—1.1) Methodology Determination 2013, as a result of subsection 4.20(1) of that determination, there could be a gap of several years between the end of the baseline period and the project commencement date.

relevant weed species means a weed species that materially affects fire dynamics and is identified in the savanna technical guidance document as a relevant weed species.

Relevant Weeds Risk spatial data layer—see section 9.

restarting transferring project—see section 24.

savanna means land that is characterised by a tropical or sub-tropical vegetation formation with continuous grass cover occasionally interrupted by trees and shrubs.

savanna emissions avoidance determination means the following:

 (a) the Carbon Farming (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning) Methodology Determination 2012;

 (b) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning—1.1) Methodology Determination 2013;

 (c) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Emissions Abatement through Savanna Fire Management) Methodology Determination 2015;

 (d) the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018.

Savanna Fire Management High Rainfall Zone spatial data layer—see section 6.

Savanna Fire Management LDS End Date spatial data layer—see section 9.

Savanna Fire Management LDS Start Date spatial data layer—see section 9.

Savanna Fire Management Low Rainfall Zone spatial data layer—see section 6.

savanna sequestration project—see subsection 11(2).

savanna technical guidance document—see section 9.

SavBAT 3—see section 9.

seasonal fire map means a map of one or more project areas that:

 (a) is a geospatial map that is divided into mapping units; and

 (b) indicates whether the area of land represented by each mapping unit was burnt or unburnt in a particular fire season of a particular calendar year; and

 (c) has been prepared in accordance with the savanna technical guidance document.

Note: A seasonal fire map indicates whether the area of land represented by each mapping unit was either burnt or unburnt in the early dry season and in the late dry season. A single seasonal fire map could cover an area where the late dry season starts on different dates (see section 7).

section 22 application in relation to an eligible offsets project means the application under section 22 of the Act for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project.

section 27 declaration in relation to an eligible offsets project means the declaration under section 27 of the Act that the project is an eligible offsets project.

section 29 application means an application made under regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of section 29 of the Act to vary a section 27 declaration.

subdivided project area—see subsection 15(2).

transferring project area—see section 24.

vegetation fuel type means a type of vegetation that is characterised in terms of the structural formation (canopy height and foliage projected cover) of its dominant stratum and its grass type, and that is identified as a vegetation fuel type for a particular rainfall zone in the savanna technical guidance document.

vegetation fuel type map means a map of one or more project areas that:

 (a) is a geospatial map that is divided into mapping units; and

 (b) has assigned to each mapping unit a code that indicates, for the area of land represented by the mapping unit:

 (i) the appropriate vegetation fuel type; or

 (ii) the fact that the area of land is ineligible; and

 (c) has been created and validated in accordance with this determination.

Note: Other words and expressions used in this determination have the meaning given by the Act. These terms include:

 25‑year permanence period project

 100‑year permanence period project

 Australian carbon credit unit

 Climate Change Convention

crediting period

eligible carbon abatement

eligible offsets project

 emission

 Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee

 greenhouse gas

offsets project

 offsets report

 project

 project area

 project proponent

 Regulator

 reporting period