Banbansprings_FPA1

Banbansprings_FPA1 is a Savanna Fire Management project located at Ban Ban Springs Station, approximately 140km south of Darwin via Adelaide River in the Northern Territory. It was registered in February 2013 and covers an expansive 256,192.10 hectares.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season to reduce the risk of late dry season wildfires. By conducting cooler, controlled burns early in the year, proponents reduce fuel loads and avoid the larger greenhouse gas emissions associated with intense, late-season wildfires.

The Ban Ban Springs area is historically known for beef cattle farming and pastoral leases. The region is located in a tropical monsoonal environment classified as a high rainfall zone, receiving around 1,340mm of rain annually. The varied local landscape features a mix of deep red earths (kandosols), skeletal lithosols on rocky hills, and gravelly acidic alluvial soils across the lower plains.

The carbon project is run in conjunction with the property's existing cattle production operations. In April 2016, the project updated its methodology from the 2013 to the 2015 Savanna Fire Management determination. Additionally, the project secured a fixed delivery carbon abatement contract (CAC102596) in May 2016 which was successfully completed in August 2023, delivering 19,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to the Commonwealth.