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The proportion of the soil surface that is disturbed will vary with the type of implement used and the manner of its use. There are numerous means that may be employed to produce rips or mounds in order to improve the success of seeding or planting. However, in higher rainfall areas where pasture predominates there is a risk that significant soil disturbance could result in a decline in soil carbon. The development of the methodology excluded soil carbon from the relevant sources and sinks on the basis that it was conservative to do so. The Explanatory Statement notes that activity such as ripping and mounding must not be used in the specified circumstances because it can cause emissions that are not accounted for under this methodology determination. For example if other means of site preparation result in the removal, prior to establishment of the plantings, of woody plants other than known weed species required to be cleared by law. Site preparation that falls outside the definition of ripping and mounding will not affect a project's eligibility as long as it does not prevent other eligibility criteria from being met. This guidance provides more detail on what is considered 'ripping and mounding' for the purpose of this methodology determination. The eligibility requirements for this methodology determination include the requirements that "ripping and mounding must not be used for site preparation over more that 10% of a carbon estimation area (CEA) if, according to the CFI rainfall map, the area receives greater than 800 mm long-term average annual rainfall". The Carbon Farming (Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings of Native Tree Species using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool) Methodology Determination 2012 provides for permanent plantings that are also environmental plantings to be eligible offsets projects under the CFI if they meet eligibility requirements. Supporting the Emissions Reduction Fundĭefinition-of-ripping-and-mounding-for-the-purposes-of-the-Carbon-Farming-Initiative.Australian National Registry of Emissions Units.Contracts for carbon and renewable market trades.National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting.Emissions Reduction Fund Currently selected.

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