Closed methods are methods that have expired or been revoked. No new projects can be registered under closed methods.
Existing projects can continue to run under these methods as long as they have started their crediting period before the method expired or was revoked.
Application processing suspended for the beef cattle herd management method
The Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee made an order to suspend application processing for project declarations under the beef cattle herd management method 2015.
Find out more about the suspension.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by feeding dietary additives to milking cows
Destruction of methane methods
- Carbon Farming (Destruction of Methane Generated from Manure in Piggeries) Methodology Determination 2012
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane Generated from Manure in Piggeries-1.1) Methodology Determination 2013
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane from Piggeries using Engineered Biodigesters) Methodology Determination 2013
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Destruction of Methane Generated from Dairy Manure in Covered Anaerobic Ponds) Methodology Determination 2012
Support resources:
- Australian pork's national environmental guidelines for piggeries 2010
Feeding nitrates to beef cattle
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Feeding Nitrates to Beef Cattle) Methodology Determination 2014 and its explanatory statement
Support resources:
Aggregated small energy users
Support resources:
- Aggregated small energy users method
- Information about the aggregated small energy users method
- Statistical Society of Australia’s list of accredited statisticians
- A guide to the aggregated small energy users method
Commercial and public lighting
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Commercial and Public Lighting) Methodology Determination 2015 and its Explanatory Statement
Support resources:
- Commercial and Public Lighting - Regulatory advice on co-location of activities with other government programs
- Commercial and Public Lighting - Regulatory advice on the application of lamp circuit power (watts) factor calculation for voltage reduction unit control gear
- Commercial and Public Lighting - Regulatory advice on the application of air conditioning factors
Commercial buildings
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Commercial Buildings) Methodology Determination 2015
Industrial electricity and fuel efficiency
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency) Methodology Determination 2015 and its Explanatory Statement
Support resources:
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environments and Water's information about the revoked industrial electricity and fuel efficiency method
- A guide to using the industrial electricity and fuel efficiency method
Alternative waste treatment
Support resources:
- Alternative waste treatment method
- The department's information on the alternative waste treatment method
- Guide to the alternative waste method
Avoided emissions from diverting legacy waste methods
- Avoided emissions from diverting legacy waste from landfill for process engineered fuel manufacture (2012)
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Avoided Emissions from Diverting Legacy Waste through a Composting Alternative Waste Technology) Methodology Determination 2013
Support resources:
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Conservative Estimates, Projections or Assumptions: Greenhouse FriendlyTM Initiative Transitional Crediting Calculation (Alternative Waste Treatment)) Determination 2012
- National Measurement Act 1960
- The department's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Solid waste calculator
- ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use for 2010
Capture and combustion of methane in landfill gas from legacy waste: upgrade projects (2012)
Support resources:
Capture and combustion of methane in landfill gas from legacy waste (2012)
Support resources:
- A guide to the landfill capture and combustion method
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008
- Regulatory Baselines in NSW for Landfill gas legacy waste projects
Diversion of legacy waste to an alternative waste treatment facility (2013)
Support resources:
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Conservative Estimates, Projections or Assumptions: Greenhouse FriendlyTM Initiative Transitional Crediting Calculation (Alternative Waste Treatment)) Determination 2012
- National Measurement Act 1960
- The department's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Solid waste calculator
Domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater
Support resources:
- Domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater method
- Domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater method guide
- Biomethane method package - simple method guide
- The department’s biomethane method package consultation
Enclosed mechanical processing and composting alternative waste treatment (2013)
Support resources:
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008
- National Measurement Act 1960
- The department's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Landfill gas
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015
Support resources:
Coal mine waste gas
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Coal Mine Waste Gas) Methodology Determination 2015
Support resources:
- Coal mine waste gas method
- The department’s coal mine waste gas method guidance
Reduction of greenhouse gas methods
- Carbon Farming (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning) Methodology Determination 2012
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning—1.1) Methodology Determination 2013
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Emissions abatement through savanna fire management 2015
Support resources:
Sequestering carbon in soils in grazing systems method (2014)
Support resources:
- Download Carbon Farming Initiative soil sampling design method and guidelines (Note: Appendix A of this document provides guidance on sampling intensity and frequency)
- A guide to the sequestering carbon in soils in grazing systems method
- Soil sampling technicians
Measurement of soil carbon sequestration in agricultural systems method (2018)
Support resources:
Aviation
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Aviation) Methodology Determination 2015
Support resources:
- The department’s information on the aviation method
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008
Land and sea
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative – Land and Sea Transport) Methodology Determination 2015
Support resources:
Human-Induced Regeneration of a Permanent Even-Aged Native Forest—1.1 (2013)
Support resources:
- method webpage
- Guidance for ACCU Scheme participants impacted by the expiry or sunsetting of an ACCU Scheme method
- Human-induced regeneration (HIR) Gateway Audit Requirements
- ACCU Review Recommendation 8: HIR Implementation
- Guidelines on stratification evidence and records for HIR and NFMR
- Combined CEAs in regeneration and environmental planting projects
- Applying the newness requirement to projects under forest regeneration methods (Revised Regulatory Guidance)
- Evidence required for regeneration sequestration projects
- Human Induced Regeneration projects and how they affect the management of land at a property scale
- Modelling commencement dates for human-induced regeneration projects
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- Full Carbon Account Model (FullCAM) Guidelines
- The department's Carbon Farming Initiative Mapping Guidelines
- Notifiable regeneration project requirements
- Combining multiple CEAs for RMT-based methodologies
Avoided clearing of native regrowth
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Avoided Clearing of Native Regrowth)
Support resources:
- Avoided clearing of native regrowth method
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- The department's FullCAM guidelines
- A guide to the avoided clearing method
- Meeting the requirements of 'regulatory additionality' with conservation covenants
Avoided deforestation 1 (2015)
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Avoided Deforestation 1.1—Revocation) Instrument 2023
Support resources:
- Avoided deforestation 1.1 method (includes information about the development of the method and past consultation on the method)
- A guide to using the avoided deforestation 1.1 method for projects already registered under the method
Designated verified carbon standard projects
Support resources:
Plantation forestry (2017)
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2017
Support resources:
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM) Guidelines
- A guide to the 2020 FullCAM – transition arrangements
Avoided deforestation (2013)
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Avoided Deforestation) Methodology Determination 2013
Support resources:
- The department's CFI Mapping Guidelines
Human-induced regeneration of a permanent even-aged native forest 1.0 (2013)
Support resources:
- Eligible interest holder consent
- Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- The department's CFI Mapping Guidelines
- The department's Vegetation abatement estimates using FullCAM
Quantifying carbon sequestration methods
- Carbon Farming (Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings of Native Species using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool) Methodology Determination 2012
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Mallee Plantings using the Reforestation Modelling Tool) Methodology Determination 2013
Support resources:
- A guide to the Mallee plantings using RMT method
- Eligible interest holder consent
- The department's CFI Mapping Guidelines
- The department's Vegetation abatement estimates using FullCAM
- CFI rainfall map
Reforestation and afforestation methods
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation and Afforestation) Methodology Determination 2013
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation and Afforestation-1.1) Methodology Determination 2013
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation and Afforestation—1.2) Methodology Determination 2013
Support resources:
- Eligible interest holder consent
- Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- The department's CFI Mapping Guidelines
Native forest from managed regrowth method
Support resources:
- Guidance for ACCU Scheme participants impacted by the expiry or sunsetting of an ACCU Scheme method
- Guidelines on stratification evidence and records for HIR and NFMR
- Carbon Farming Initiative Mapping Guidelines
- Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- Guidance for using FullCAM in native forest from managed regrowth projects
Reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings FullCAM
Support resources:
- Reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings FullCAM 2014 method
- Guide to the reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings FullCAM method
- Guidance on combined CEAs in regeneration and environmental planting projects
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM)
- The department's Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM) Guidelines
- Long term annual rainfall map
Environmental plantings pilot method
Support resources:
- Environmental plantings pilot method
- Environmental plantings pilot - information pack
- Environmental plantings pilot - permanence plan template
Measurement based methods for new farm forestry plantations method
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