Carbon Projects explained - Torben Heinzel

The Dirt by Loam

Dan talks to Torben Heinzel about all the Steps in a SecondCrop Carbon Project.

Grower Feasibility Survey, Meet with Loam, Mapping, Land Management Strategy, Eligible Land Management Activities, Contract with Loam, Register with the Clean Energy Regulator, Farm Emissions Profile, Baseline Soil Sampling, T1 Soil Sampling and ACCU credits.
Link to Grower Feasibility Survey
Calculation for soil organic carbon

Using a measure of bulk density the amount of carbon per hectare in a given depth of soil can be calculated as shown.

The amount of organic carbon to 10cm depth in soil with a carbon value of 1.5% and bulk density of 1.3g/cm 3 is: 15 (g C/kg soil) x 1 300 000 (kg soil/ha) = 19.5t C/ha or 1.5 x 1.3 x 10 = 19.5t C/ha
Soil Carbon Project activities and eligibility requirements - Projects must introduce one or more of the following activities:

• apply nutrients to the land
• apply lime to remediate acid soils
• apply gypsum to remediate sodic or magnesic soils
• undertake new irrigation
• re-establish or rejuvenate a pasture by seeding establishing or pasture cropping
• establishing, and permanently maintaining, a pasture where there was previously no or limited pasture, such as on cropland or bare fallow
• alter the stocking rate, duration or intensity of grazing
• retain stubble after a crop is harvested
• convert from intensive tillage practices to reduced or no tillage practices
• modify landscape or landform features to remediate land
• use mechanical methods to add or redistribute soil
• use legume species in cropping or pasture system, or
• use a cover crop to promote soil vegetation cover or improve soil health or both.

CER - Clean Energy Regulator

ERF - Emissions Reductions Fund

Soil Carbon Projects Factsheet

Land Management Strategy

Estimating soil organic carbon sequestration using measurement and models method

Understanding your Soil Carbon Project

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