Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2026
5The sequestration buffer
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5 The sequestration buffer
For the purposes of paragraph 2(c), BSeq is equal to:
(a) if the project is a 25‑year permanence period project—0.25; and
(b) if the project is a 100‑year permanence period project—0.05.
Note: The sequestration buffer, BSeq, is a buffer that is applied in lieu of the risk of reversal buffer number and the permanence period discount number that would otherwise apply in relation to a sequestration offsets project under subsection 16(2) of the Act. This buffer accounts for the risk that carbon sequestered as a result of the project does not remain permanently in the landscape.