Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2026
22Revising vegetation fuel type map
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22 Revising vegetation fuel type map
- If the project proponent becomes aware that the vegetation fuel type map:
- classifies a mapping unit as a vegetation fuel type when, in accordance with the Technical Guidance Document for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management Methods, it should be classified as ineligible; or
- classifies a mapping unit as one particular vegetation fuel type when, in accordance with the Technical Guidance Document for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management Methods, it should be classified as another vegetation fuel type;
the project proponent must:
(c) notify the Regulator in writing of the matter in paragraph (a) or (b) within 90 days of becoming aware of it; and
(d) revise the vegetation fuel type map accordingly.
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If the project proponent becomes aware that the vegetation fuel type map classifies a mapping unit as ineligible when, in accordance with the Technical Guidance Document for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management Methods, it should be classified as a vegetation fuel type, the project proponent:
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may revise the vegetation fuel type map accordingly; and
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if the vegetation fuel type map is revised in accordance with paragraph (a) — notify the Regulator in writing of the date and nature of the revision within 90 days of the revision being made.
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A vegetation fuel type map revised in accordance with this section must be validated in accordance with the Technical Guidance Document for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management Methods.
Note: The Technical Guidance Document for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management Methods may require validation of the entire vegetation fuel type map even if the area of land represented by the mapping unit or units that are being revised is only part of the area covered by that vegetation fuel type map.
- A revision and validation in accordance with this section must be completed:
- in the case of a revision required by subsection (1)—before submitting an offsets report for the reporting period in which the project proponent becomes aware of the matter referred to in that subsection; or
- in any other case—before submitting an offsets report for the first reporting period for which the revised map is used.