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Appendix 4
Environmental and Natural Resource
Management Guidelines in relation to the establishment of
trees for the purposes of carbon sequestration
1. Carbon sink forest
establishment should be based on regionally applicable best practice approaches
for achieving multiple land and water environmental benefits.
Compliance with this
guideline may be achieved by, for example:
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avoiding clearing land of remnant
native vegetation as determined by the relevant state or territory legislation;
and
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taking into account features of
plantation and forestry best practice guides (e.g. state and territory codes of
practice) relevant to carbon sink forests; and
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establishing carbon sink forests
in ways to avoid any significant negative impacts on water availability; and
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establishing carbon sink forests
in ways to enhance potential salinity mitigation benefits and prevent potential
increases to in-stream salinity; and
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developing a weed and feral
animal management plan and fire management plan as applicable to the state or territory
jurisdiction.
2. Carbon sink forest
establishment activities should be guided by regional natural resource
management plans and water sharing plans, and environmental impacts at a
catchment scale should be considered.
Compliance with this guideline
may be achieved by ensuring that establishment activities are consistent with
regional natural resource management plans, for example by identifying:
- strategies for ensuring that
individual carbon sink forest plantings account for natural resource management
priorities at a larger regional scale; and
- potential cumulative
environmental impacts of carbon sink forest activities at a catchment scale.
In cases where establishment
of carbon sink forests would represent a significant interception activity in a
catchment that has been identified as fully allocated, over-allocated or
approaching full allocation, water access entitlements must be obtained.
3. Carbon sink forest
establishment activities should recognise and adhere to all government
regulatory requirements.
Compliance with this
guideline may be achieved by meeting any applicable Commonwealth, state and
territory legislation, and local and regional regulations, when establishing
carbon sink forests.
In cases where establishment
of carbon sink forests would represent a significant interception activity in a
catchment that has been identified as fully allocated, over-allocated or
approaching full allocation, water access entitlements must be obtained.
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