Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings—FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2024 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings—FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2024 I, Josh Wilson, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, make the following Determination.

Dated 18 November 2024

Josh Wilson Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings projects 7 Reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—General 8 Operation of this Part Division 2—Types of plantings 9 Permanent planting types Division 3—Land and location 10 Land on which project is implemented 11 Project area Division 4—Stratification of project area 12 Initial stratification of project area 13 Requirements for carbon estimation areas 14 CEA boundaries 15 Maximum permitted CEA width 16 CEA planting requirements 17 Requirements for an exclusion area 18 Re-stratification of a CEA Division 5—Domain group—planting types and requirements 19 Mallee plantings 20 Mixed-species environmental plantings Division 6—Domain group—planting geometry and spacing 21 Narrow linear plantings 22 Wide linear plantings 23 Block planting 24 Mallee plantings—plant spacing 25 Mixed-species environmental plantings—narrow linear plant spacing 26 Mixed-species environmental plantings—wide linear plant spacing 27 Block planting—plant spacing Division 7—Domain group—stocking density 28 Tube-stock—default values 29 Direct seeding—default values 30 Alternatives to default values 31 Requirements for calibrations 32 Evidence of stocking density 33 Estimating stocking density 34 Number of plots and probable limits of error 35 Determining values for stocking density 36 Establishing a grid overlay 37 Plot shapes—general 38 Plot shapes—block plantings 39 Plot shapes—linear plantings 40 Plots extending beyond CEA Division 8—Calculating stocking density 41 Calculating stocking density of a plot 42 Calculating average stocking density 43 Calculating margin of error for stocking density 44 Calculating probable limits of error for stocking density 45 Calculating conservative estimate of stocking density Division 9—Narrow or wide linear plantings—competition from adjacent trees 46 Competition from adjacent trees 47 Determining material competition—individual adjacent trees only 48 Determining material competition—grouped adjacent trees Division 10—Restricted activities 49 Harvesting 50 Permitted biomass removals 51 Grazing 52 Infill planting Division 11—Newness and additionality 53 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement Division 12—Reforestation management plan 54 Requirements for a reforestation management plan 55 Updating a reforestation management plan Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 56 Operation of this Part 57 Net abatement amount 58 Gases to be taken into account 59 Baseline for project Division 2—FullCAM modelling 60 FullCAM modelling 61 Modelling scenarios in FullCAM 62 Modelling project scenario Division 3— Calculation of carbon stock change 63 Calculating initial carbon stock for project area 64 Calculating project area carbon stock at end of reporting period 65 Calculating carbon stock for CEA Division 4—Calculation of project area emissions 66 Calculating emissions from biomass burning 67 Calculating emissions from fuel use Division 5—Calculation of the net abatement amount 68 Calculating the net abatement amount for a project Part 5—Monitoring, record-keeping and reporting requirements Division 1—Preliminary 69 Application 70 Geospatial information requirements Division 2—Monitoring requirements 71 Project monitoring Division 3—Record-keeping requirements 72 Records that must be kept Division 4—Offsets report requirements 73 Information in first offsets report 74 Information in subsequent offsets report Division 5—Reporting under section 77A of the Act 75 No division of project area Schedule 1—Gases accounted for in calculations