Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Duration
5 Definitions
6 Meaning of high rainfall zone and low rainfall zone
7 Meaning of fire season, early dry season and late dry season
8 Meaning of baseline period
9 Documents that are updated from time to time
10 References to factors and parameters from external sources
Part 2—Savanna sequestration projects
11 Savanna sequestration projects
Part 3—Project requirements
Division 1—General
12 Operation of this Part
13 Information to include in section 22 application
Division 2—Project area
14 Requirements relating to project area
15 Variations to project areas
Division 3—Project activity
16 Requirement to undertake savanna fire management
17 Project management plan
Division 4—Vegetation fuel type map
18 Requirement to create and validate vegetation fuel type map
19 Revisions to vegetation fuel type map
20 Vegetation fuel type map for subdivided project area
Division 5—Additionality
21 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement
22 Requirement in lieu of regulatory additionality requirement
Division 6—Projects that include transferring project areas
23 Simplified outline of this Division
24 Meaning of transferring project area and related definitions
25 Eligibility requirements for projects with transferring project areas
26 Baseline period—transferring project area
27 Vegetation fuel type map for transferring project area
28 Crediting period for some projects that include transferring project areas
Part 4—Net abatement amount
29 Operation of this Part
30 Simplified outline of this Part
31 Use of SavBAT 3
33 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations
Division 2—Calculation of net abatement amount
34 The net abatement amount, A
Part 5—Reporting, record-keeping and monitoring requirements
Division 1—Offsets report requirements
35 Operation of this Division
36 Information that must be included in offsets reports
Division 2—Record‑keeping requirements