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General guidance
Calculation of initial carbon stock for projects that commenced activity before the declaration date
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Recording fuel use for sequestration projects
Resource Entitlement Implications for Carbon Farming Initiative Eligible Interest Holder consent requirements and Legal Right to carry out a Carbon Farming Initiative project
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Combining multiple CEAs for RMT-based methodologies
Native forest from managed regrowth
Combined CEAs in regeneration and environmental planting projects
Guidelines on stratification evidence and records for HIR and NFMR
Applying the newness requirement to projects under forest regeneration methods (Revised regulatory guidance)
Evidence required for regeneration sequestration projects
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Combining multiple CEAs for RMT-based methodologies
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Combining multiple CEAs for RMT-based methodologies
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