Table 2.1: The current scope of carbon farming in Australia

Category 

Description

Agricultural emissions
avoidance projects

Avoid emissions of:

• methane from the digestive tracts of livestock or from rice fields or rice plants

• methane or nitrous oxide from the:

• decomposition of livestock urine or dung

• burning of savannas or grassland

• burning of crop stubble in fields, crop residues in fields or sugarcane before harvest

• soil

Introduced animal
emissions avoidance projects

Avoid emissions of:

• methane from the digestive tracts of introduced animals

• methane or nitrous oxide from the decomposition of introduced animals' urine or dung

Sequestration offsets
projects

Remove CO2 from the atmosphere by:

• storing carbon in living biomass, dead organic matter or soil

• storing carbon in, and avoiding emissions of greenhouse gases from, living biomass, dead organic matter or soil

Note: Under the current CFI legislation, carbon farming also includes emissions avoidance from legacy landfill facilities. While formally included under the CFI, this is not relevant to farmers and so is not covered in this manual.

Source: Clean Energy Regulator