Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00230:reg:11:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00230
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 20679–23830

11  Measuring change in biodiversity—identifying variable biodiversity project characteristics
Projects must identify ecosystem condition and other variable biodiversity project characteristics
 (1) A methodology determination must contain a condition that a biodiversity project proposed to be covered by the methodology determination must not be registered unless the project proponent for the project identifies and describes the following variable biodiversity project characteristics for the project:
 (a) if the methodology determination does not require that the project area for a biodiversity project proposed to be covered by the methodology determination be divided into activity areas—the condition of the ecosystems in the project area;
 (b) if the methodology determination requires that the project area for a biodiversity project proposed to be covered by the methodology determination be divided into activity areas—the condition of the ecosystems in each of the activity areas;
 (c) any other variable biodiversity project characteristics specified in the methodology determination.
Certain projects must identify and describe other variable biodiversity project characteristics
 (2) If it is relevant to the kind of biodiversity project covered by the methodology determination, a methodology determination must contain a condition that a biodiversity project proposed to be covered by the methodology determination must not be registered unless the project proponent for the project identifies and describes the following variable biodiversity project characteristics, to the extent they are relevant to the biodiversity project:
 (a) the removal or reduction of the impact of threats to biodiversity in native species in the project area;
 (b) the commitment to protection of biodiversity in native species in the project area;
 (c) the capability of the project area to support threatened species.
 (3) If a methodology determination does not require a project proponent of a biodiversity project covered by the methodology determination to identify or describe one or more of the variable biodiversity project characteristics mentioned in subsection (2), the methodology determination must require the entry in the Register for the project to state which of the variable biodiversity project characteristics mentioned in that subsection are not applicable to the project.
Projects that do not deal with the commitment to protection of biodiversity in native species
 (4) If a methodology determination does not require a project proponent of a registered biodiversity project covered by the methodology determination to identify or describe the commitment to protection of biodiversity in native species in the project area, the methodology determination must contain a requirement that the entry in the Register for the project must include information on the level of commitment to protection of biodiversity in native species in the project area.
Projects dealing with culturally significant entities
 (5) A methodology determination must do one of the following:
 (a) require that project proponents of biodiversity projects