Carbon Credits Methodology: Savanna Fire Management Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance

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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2026

In force Administered by
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Latest version F2026L00431 10 April 2026

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- Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Name
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Authority
- 4 Schedules
- 5  Duration
- 6 Definitions
- 7 Meaning of fire season, early dry season and late dry season
- 8 Meaning of baseline period
- 9 Meaning of original project area and subdivided project area
- 10  Updates to external documents as in force from time to time
- 11  Factors and parameters from external sources
- Part 2—Savanna sequestration projects
- 12 Savanna sequestration projects
- Part 3—Project requirements
- Division 1—General
- 13 Operation of this Part
- Division 2—Project area
- 14 Requirement to be in high or low rainfall zone
- 15 Requirement to maintain vegetation fuel types
- 16 Requirement to manage relevant weed species
- 17 Project area not to contain previously removed areas
- Division 3—Project activity
- 18 Requirement to undertake savanna fire management
- Division 4—Project management plan
- 19 Requirement to prepare project management plan
- 20 Updating or revising project management plan
- Division 5—Vegetation fuel type map
- 21 Requirement to create and validate vegetation fuel type map
- 22 Revising vegetation fuel type map
- 23 Vegetation fuel type map for subdivided project area
- Division 6—Newness and additionality
- 24 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement
- 25 Requirement in lieu of regulatory additionality requirement
- Division 7—Projects that include transferring project areas
- 26  Simplified outline of this Division
- 27  Meaning of transferring project area and related definitions
- 28   Requirements for projects with transferring project areas
- 29  Crediting period for projects that have a transferring project area
- 30 Vegetation fuel type map for transferring project area
- Division 8—Project applications
- 31  Information to include in section 22, 29 and 128 applications
- Part 4—Net abatement amount
- Division 1—Preliminary
- 32 Operation of this Part
- 33 Simplified outline of this Part
- 34 Use of SavCAM
- 35 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations
- Division 2—Calculation of net abatement amount
- 36 The net abatement amount, A
- Part 5—Reporting, record-keeping, monitoring and notification requirements
- Division 1—Offsets report requirements
- 37 Operation of this Division
- 38 Information that must be included in offsets reports
- Division 2—Record-keeping requirements
- 39  Operation of this Division
- 40  Record-keeping requirements
- Division 3— Monitoring requirements
- 41  Operation of this Division
- 42  Monitoring requirements
- Division 4—Notification requirements
- 43  Operation of this Division
- 44  Notification requirements
- Part 6—Partial reporting
- 45  Partial reporting
- Schedule 1—Emissions avoidance—calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount for a calendar year
- Division 1—Preliminary
- 1  Simplified outline of this Schedule
- Division 2— Calculations
- 2  Calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount from emissions avoidance for a calendar year, AEA,adj
- 3  The previous year’s uncertainty buffer, BU,Prev
- 4  The contribution to the net abatement amount from emissions avoidance for a calendar year, AEA
- 5  The uncertainty buffer cap for a calendar year, BU,Cap
- 6  Mean annual baseline fire emissions
- Division 3—Adjustments to calculations
- 7  Adjustments resulting from project area spanning rainfall zones
- 8  Adjustments resulting from lack of fire activity
- 9  Adjustments resulting from subdivided project areas
- Schedule 2—Sequestration—calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount for a calendar year
- Division 1—Preliminary
- 1  Simplified outline of this Schedule
- Division 2—Calculations
- 2  Calculation of adjusted contribution to net abatement amount from sequestration of carbon in living biomass or dead organic matter for a calendar year, ASeq ,adj
- 3  The previous year’s carry-over amount, OSeq,Prev
- 4  The contribution to the net abatement amount from sequestration for a calendar year, ASeq
- 5  The sequestration buffer
- 6  Mean baseline carbon stock for project
- 7  Release Mechanism
- 8  Sequestration Bank
- Division 3— Adjustments to calculations
- 9  Adjustments resulting from project area spanning rainfall zones
- 10 Adjustments resulting from lack of fire activity
- 11 Adjustments resulting from subdivided project areas
- 12  Attribution of cumulative net abatement amount to a project area after subdivision
- 13  Additional adjustments for transferring sequestration projects
- Schedule 3—Revocations
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Savanna Fire Management—Sequestration and Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2018