Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Tidal Restoration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2022
33Information that must be included in offsets reports
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33 Information that must be included in offsets reports
(1) Each offsets report for a tidal restoration project must include the following for the project:
(a) a description of the eligible project activities for the project that were undertaken during the reporting period, including an explanation of how and to what extent they were undertaken;
(b) copies of each of the following prepared or revised for, or applicable to, the project during the reporting period:
(i) each hydrological assessment for the project, together with each map forming part of it and each relevant confirmation supporting it provided by a qualified engineer;
(ii) each project extent map;
(iii) each acid sulfate soils management plan;
(iv) each project operations and maintenance plan for the project;
(v) each notice given by the project proponent under section 11;
(vi) each mosquito management plan;
(c) the location and boundaries of each CEA for the project;
(d) the variables inputted to BlueCAM and the related BlueCAM outputs used for each calculation that under this determination is used to work out the net abatement amount for the project for the reporting period;
(e) digital time and date stamped, geolocated images for land in each CEA evidencing the land type, and any changes occurring during the reporting period;
(f) if activities are undertaken in the reporting period that may be restricted under section 13—evidence that those requirements are met;
(g) for each thinning or vegetation removal event during the reporting period—a record of the following:
(i) each CEA in which the thinning or removal event occurred;
(ii) the date on which each thinning or removal event occurred;
(iii) for each CEA in which a thinning or removal event occurred—an estimate of the proportion of the vegetation that was thinned or removed in the event;
(iv) evidence justifying the estimate of the proportion of vegetation thinned or removed;
(v) digital time and date stamped, geolocated images of the location of each thinning or removal event;
(h) a description of the actions outlined in each current acid sulfate soils management plan made under section 17 that were envisaged in the plan to be undertaken in the reporting period, including an explanation of how and to what extent those actions were undertaken, together with evidence that they were undertaken;
(i) a description of the actions outlined in each current project operations and maintenance plan which was the basis of a current hydrological assessment for the project made under section 15, that were envisaged in the plan to be undertaken in the reporting period, including an explanation of how and to what extent those actions were undertaken, together with evidence that they were undertaken;