The Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC) has released the following Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies for comment:
A new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodology has been released for the Reduction of emissions of methane through the application of a feed supplement to dairy cows. The proposed methodology is open for public comment until 21 August 2012.
The proposed methodology is for a project that provides a feed supplement to dairy cows. The methodology proposes that this will reduce the methane emitted by the animals. The claimed abatement occurs as a result of a reduction in the amount of methane emitted per unit of milk produced.
Submit comment using the template and instructions on methodologies to the DOIC. Your comment will provide important input to the assessment of the proposal.
This methodology proposal involves the sequestration of carbon in permanent environmental plantings of native species and in soil carbon.
The methodology intends to use the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool to model sequestration in tree biomass and proposes sampling for the measurement of soil carbon. The proposed methodology is open for comment until 14 August 2012.
This methodology involves the establishment of permanent plantings on previously cleared land of low agricultural productivity with less than 500 mm rainfall per year.
Carbon sequestration is calculated through field-based sampling. The proposed methodology is open for comment until 22 August 2012.
This methodology avoids landfill methane emissions by diverting putrescible waste materials from disposal at landfill, and by removing the potential for methane generation by processing the materials through an aerobic mechanical separation, autoclaving and composting alternative waste treatment (AWT) facility. The proposed methodology is open for comment until 22 August 2012.
This methodology estimates greenhouse gas abatement achieved by human-induced native forest re-growth. The principal carbon pools estimated are in the tissues of woody plants, and include coarse woody debris on the forest floor. The proposed methodology is open for comment until 22 August 2012
Other methodologies are available.
