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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Designated Verified Carbon Standard Projects) Methodology Determination 2015
I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 17:3:2015

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt
Minister for the Environment

Contents
—Preliminary
Name
Commencement
Authority
Duration
Definitions
—Designated Verified Carbon Standard projects
Designated Verified Carbon Standard projects
—Project requirements
—General requirements
Operation of this Part
—Information provided to Regulator
Information supported by evidence
Spatial information
Tree species information
Baseline harvest information
Project scenario information
—Other requirements
Verified Carbon Units
No re-harvest events
No land conversion events
No harvest events after 2028
Removal of biomass and thinning
—Net abatement amount
—Operation of this Part
Operation of this Part
References to factors and parameters from external sources
—Project commencement
Project commencement
—Calculating net baseline emissions
—General
General
—Carbon stock extracted from project area
General
Mean merchantable volume of each species in each stratum
Mean merchantable volume in each land parcel
Mean volume of extracted timber for each species in each land parcel
Mean carbon stock of harvested biomass for each species in each land parcel
Biomass conversion factor
Mean carbon stock of extracted timber for each species in each land parcel
Carbon stock of logging slash in each land parcel
Carbon stock of extracted timber from each land parcel
Carbon stock for each harvested wood product in each land parcel
—Carbon stock in existence in harvested wood products at end of crediting period
General
Carbon stock in harvested wood products in existence at end of crediting period—decay factor method
Carbon stock in harvested wood products in existence at end of crediting period—maximum loss method
Calculating carbon stock in harvested wood products in existence at end of crediting period—conservative estimate
Carbon stock in existence in harvested wood products at end of crediting period
—Carbon stock in forest regrowth after harvest
General
Carbon stock in regrowth each land parcel
Carbon stock in regrowth in all land parcels
Carbon stock of harvested biomass for all species in each land parcel
Loss from logging slash and harvested wood product decay over the crediting period
—Net baseline emissions
General
Net carbon stock change—all land parcels
Net baseline emissions—all land parcels
Emissions before project commencement
—Calculating net project emissions
—General
General
—Net sequestration
General
Average growth rate in land parcel
Carbon stock increases due to growth in project scenario
—Natural disturbances
General
Detection of natural disturbances
Establishing a grid overlay
Sample plots
Calculating biomass proportion
Calculating average tree proportion
Calculating margin of error for tree proportion
Calculating probable limits of error for tree proportion
Calculating conservative estimate of tree proportion
Proportion of biomass killed
Notional area of biomass killed in land parcel
Carbon stock in debris pool following natural disturbance
Carbon dioxide emissions
Emissions from