Part 6 Calculating the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for a project in relation to a reporting period the Determination, abatement is calculated as the change in the amount of carbon stored in a project area through the growth of trees, natural decay, and disturbance events such as fire, pest, disease and storm, minus emissions resulting from fire and from fuel used to establish and maintain the project. Division 6.1 Preliminary 6.1 General Section 6.1 clarifies that all calculations are in respect of activities done or outcomes achieved during the reporting period for a project. 6.2 Greenhouse gas assessment boundary Section 6.2 describes the greenhouse gas sources and and relevant carbon pools that need to be assessed in order to determine the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere when undertaking the project activity. The greenhouse gas assessment boundary includes the tree and debris carbon pools within the project area and the emission of greenhouse gases from establishing and managing the project. The carbon pools and emission sources that need to be taken into account when calculating abatement for the project are set out in Table 2, which also sets out the emissions and carbon pools that are specifically excluded from the project. 2 Source Greenhouse Included / Justification for gas/carbon pools excluded exclusion CO2, CH4, N2O, Excluded Exclusion is Source 1 emissions from land conservative. management activities. CO2, CH4, N2O Excluded Exclusion is arising from fire events conservative. Source 2 Baseline (prescribed burns and wild fires). CH4, N2O arising Excluded Exclusion is from livestock grazing conservative. Source 3 and fertiliser application.
Part 6 Calculating the carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount for a project in relation to a reporting period the Determination, abatement is calculated as the change in the amount of carbon stored in a project area through the growth of trees, natural decay, and disturbance events such as fire, pest, disease and storm, minus emissions resulting from fire and from fuel used to establish and maintain the project. Division 6.1 Preliminary 6.1 General Section 6.1 clarifies that all calculations are in respect of activities done or outcomes achieved during the reporting period for a project. 6.2 Greenhouse gas assessment boundary Section 6.2 describes the greenhouse gas sources and and relevant carbon pools that need to be assessed in order to determine the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere when undertaking the project activity. The greenhouse gas assessment boundary includes the tree and debris carbon pools within the project area and the emission of greenhouse gases from establishing and managing the project. The carbon pools and emission sources that need to be taken into account when calculating abatement for the project are set out in Table 2, which also sets out the emissions and carbon pools that are specifically excluded from the project. 2 Source Greenhouse gas/carbon pools Included / excluded Justification for exclusion Baseline Source 1 CO2, CH4, N2O, emissions from land management activities. Excluded Exclusion is conservative. Source 2 CO2, CH4, N2O arising from fire events (prescribed burns and wild fires). Excluded Exclusion is conservative. Source 3 CH4, N2O arising from livestock grazing and fertiliser application. Excluded Exclusion is conservative.
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