CO2, CH4, N2O A single CO2 is accounted for arising from fires preplanting through calculations occurring within the prescribed burn of carbon stock project area. is not changes within the accounted for. project area, under For all other Subdivision 6.2.2. fires, CO2 CH4 and N2O are included in all included for larger cases; CH4 and (>5% Stratum Area) N2O are fire events, on the included only that these are Source 2 where the fire potentially large event affects emissions sources, >5% of a although project stratum area proponents have the within a option of including reporting these emissions if they period, or have created a optionally, stratum that is where the 5% of the stratum ≤ area is area. 5% of the ≤ stratum area. N2O arising from Excluded The fertiliser regime fertiliser use. under the project should not exceed that Source 3 of the baseline scenario. CO2, and Included This is the major below-ground live tree carbon pool that arises biomass (including fire as a direct result of the affected). project activity. This Sink 1 pool is expected to increase over time and achieve abatement well in excess of the baseline.
Source 2 CO2, CH4, N2O arising from fires occurring within the project area. A single preplanting prescribed burn is not accounted for. For all other fires, CO2 included in all cases; CH4 and N2O are included only where the fire event affects >5% of a stratum area within a reporting period, or optionally, where the area is ≤ 5% of the stratum area. CO2 is accounted for through calculations of carbon stock changes within the project area, under Subdivision 6.2.2. CH4 and N2O are included for larger (>5% Stratum Area) fire events, on the that these are potentially large emissions sources, although project proponents have the option of including these emissions if they have created a stratum that is ≤ 5% of the stratum area. Source 3 N2O arising from fertiliser use. Excluded The fertiliser regime under the project should not exceed that of the baseline scenario. Sink 1 CO2, and below-ground live tree biomass (including fire affected). Included This is the major carbon pool that arises as a direct result of the project activity. This pool is expected to increase over time and achieve abatement well in excess of the baseline.
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