Blue-Leafed Mallee Project A

Blue-Leafed Mallee Project A is a permanent mallee planting project located in the Lachlan Shire region of central New South Wales, with Condobolin serving as the nearest major town approximately 460km west of Sydney. It was registered in March 2013 and covers 3,037 hectares of land.

Reforestation by environmental or mallee plantings projects involve establishing permanent forest cover by planting native tree or mallee species at densities sufficient to achieve forest cover on land that was previously cleared for agricultural purposes. The project uses the FullCAM modeling tool to accurately estimate the amount of carbon sequestered in the trees over time.

The Lachlan region is predominantly known for extensive agricultural operations, specifically broadacre cropping (such as wheat) and livestock grazing. The area experiences a semi-arid climate characterized by variable rainfall. Regional soils typically consist of sandy loams, red-brown earths, and clays, which are well-suited for drought-tolerant native vegetation.

This project was established to create permanent plantings of Eucalyptus polybractea (Blue-Leafed Mallee) on former agricultural land, and CO2 Australia acts as the project agent. Notably, in October 2015, the Clean Energy Regulator issued a notice requiring the proponent to relinquish 6,237 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) associated with the project. Furthermore, partial suppression of the project's details was approved under the CFI Act, and in September 2022, the project varied its methodology to transition to the updated 2014 Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM determination.