Emissions Reduction Fund Environmental Data

Brief description

The [Emissions Reduction Fund](https://www.industry.gov.au/funding-and-incentives/emissions-reduction-fund) (ERF) creates a financial incentive for Australian businesses to adopt smarter practices to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

Participants can earn carbon credits by undertaking a project using an approved ERF method, which sets out the rules for the activity. These methods ensure that emissions reductions are genuine - that they are both real and additional to business as usual operations.

ERF environmental data layers are provided to assist proponents’ participation in the ERF. This page provides access to data layers that can be used under a number of agricultural and vegetation methods to assist proponents’ implementation of these land sector methods.

__Forest Cover - Preview dataset (WMS)__
You can view all the National forest and sparse woody forest cover data on National Map or your GIS program; Forest cover data (Version 3, 2018).

__Forest cover data__
This links to the National forest and sparse woody forest cover data so you can download individual tiles; Forest cover data (Version 3, 2018).

__ERF Environmental Data - Preview dataset (WMS)__
You can view the following data on National Map or your GIS. Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings – the five spatial regions; CFI Mapping Tool - Long term average annual rainfall; and Estimating soil carbon sequestration using default values.

__Long term average rainfall map layer - CFI rainfall map__
This links to data showing the long-term average annual rainfall (mm) across continental Australia, calculated for the period 1921-2010.

__Estimating soil carbon sequestration using default values__
This links to data showing default soil carbon sequestration rates for projects using the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimating Sequestration of Carbon in Soil Using Default Values) Methodology Determination 2015.

__Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings__
This links to data defining five spatial regions applicable to Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings (FullCAM)) Methodology Determination 2014.

__Site potential (M) and Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg) versions 2.0__
This links to version 2.0 of the spatial layers for site potential (M) and Long-Term Average Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg).

__Site potential (M), ratio and Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg) versions 1.0__
This links to version 1.0 of the spatial layers for site potential (M), site potential ratio and Long-Term Average Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg).

__Specified regions for subregulation 20AB(5)__
This dataset can be found at https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/emissions-reduction-fund-environmental-data-2023

Full description

Forest cover data (Version 3, 2018) -
Long term average rainfall map layer - CFI rainfall map - The Long term average rainfall map layer - CFI rainfall map shows the long term average annual rainfall (mm) across continental Australia, calculated for the period 1921-2010.\r\n\r\nFor the purposes of the regulations, legislative rules and methodology determinations under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, including: \r\n\r\n* Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Measurement Based Methods for New Farm Forestry Plantations) Methodology Determination 2014; and \r\n\r\n* Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings—FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2014, as amended in 2018 \r\n\r\nthe Long term average rainfall map layer – CFI rainfall map provided here is the: \r\n\r\n* CFI rainfall map; and \r\n\r\n* Long Term Average Rainfall Map Layer \r\n\r\n\r\nFor the purposes of section 2.3(6) of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings–FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2014, as made in 2014 and varied in 2015, the long term average rainfall map layer provided here is the long term average rainfall map layer in the CFI Mapping Tool.\r\n
Estimating soil carbon using default values - Projects using the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimating Sequestration of Carbon in Soil Using Default Values) Methodology Determination 2015 require datasets to estimate sequestration of carbon in soil using default values (in t C per ha per year). \r\n\r\nThis is for three management regimes:\r\n\r\n1. Conversion to pasture\r\n\r\n2. Stubble retention\r\n\r\n3. Sustainable intensification\r\n\r\nFor more detail see https://www.industry.gov.au/regulations-and-standards/methods-for-the-emissions-reduction-fund/estimating-sequestration-of-carbon-in-soil-using-default-values-method
Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings - Maps of spatial domains for growth calibrations.\r\n\r\nThis method can be used by landholders establishing permanent (non-harvest) forest on their land through planting tree species local to their area, or mallee trees.\r\n\r\nThis method allows use of specific FullCAM growth calibrations that are only valid in defined spatial areas. For each model location (latitude and longitude) entered into FullCAM only eligible growth calibrations are made available. \r\n\r\nTo allow proponents to assess CEAs for eligibility, the maps are available in GIS format through this data. The data contains five spatial regions applicable to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings (FullCAM)) Methodology Determination 2014.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe five regions are: \r\n\r\n1. Mixed species tropical\r\n\r\n2. Mixed species temperate\r\n\r\n3. Mallee - Eucalyptus kochii\r\n\r\n4. Mallee - Eucalyptus loxophleba\r\n\r\n5. Mallee - Eucalyptus polybractea \r\n\r\nThe spatial domains were defined using bioclimatic analysis and prediction to extrapolate the climatic conditions from the measurement sites to other similar locations, using the the bioclimatic analysis and prediction model ANUCLIM.\r\n\r\n\r\nFor more detail see https://www.industry.gov.au/regulations-and-standards/methods-for-the-emissions-reduction-fund/reforestation-by-environmental-or-mallee-plantings-fullcam\r\n
Site potential (M) and FPI average versions 2.0 - Site potential is depicted by the Maximum Above Ground Biomass (also known as M) spatial layer within the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM). The Long-Term Average Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg) spatial layer within FullCAM represents the sum of key site-factors driving growth toward M (e.g. soil type, fertility and climate). Both layers are embedded within FullCAM and are provided here to facilitate extraneous analysis.
Site potential (M), ratio, FPI avg versions 1.0 - Site potential is depicted by the Maximum Above Ground Biomass (also known as M) spatial layer within the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM). The Long-Term Average Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg) spatial layer within FullCAM represents the sum of key site-factors driving growth toward M (e.g. soil type, fertility and climate). Both layers are embedded within FullCAM and are provided here to facilitate extraneous analysis.\r\nThe site potential ratio is depicted by the Modelled Ratio Between Original and New Maximum Above Ground Biomass (version 1.0) and is designed to show how the site potential (M) has changed between the M layer datasets (version 1.0 and version 2.0). It is not used in FullCAM.\r\n
Stubble retention.shp -
Conversion to Pasture.shp -
sustainable intensification.shp -
Site potential (M) and FPI average versions 2.0 - Site potential is depicted by the Maximum Above Ground Biomass (also known as M) spatial layer within the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM). The Long-Term Average Forest Productivity Index (FPIavg) spatial layer within FullCAM represents the sum of key site-factors driving growth toward M (e.g. soil type, fertility and climate). Both layers are embedded within FullCAM and are provided here to facilitate extraneous analysis.