Banbansprings_FPA1

Banbansprings_FPA1 is a Savanna Fire Management (Emissions Avoidance) project located at Ban Ban Springs Station, roughly 125 kilometres south-east of Darwin and 46 kilometres south-east of Adelaide River in the Northern Territory. Registered in February 2013, the project covers an extensive 255,536.57 hectares. The region's land use is primarily pastoral cattle grazing, which operates in tandem with the carbon abatement efforts. Positioned within the high rainfall zone of northern Australia, the station experiences typical annual rainfalls between 1,200 mm and 1,600 mm. Its rugged environment features an array of landscapes, including sediment-rich flood plains, gravelly acidic alluvial soils, and rocky shale and dolerite ridges interspersed with open savanna.

Savanna fire management projects involve conducting strategic, planned burns during the early dry season to mitigate the risk and severity of late dry season wildfires. By deliberately lighting cooler, lower-intensity fires, often utilizing aircraft, vehicles, or hand-held drip torches, the methodology safely decreases ground fuel. This process prevents the excessive emission of greenhouse gases, specifically methane and nitrous oxide, that would otherwise be released by intense, uncontrolled late dry season wildfires.

Over its operational life, the project has undergone several key variations to meet evolving regulatory methods and ownership structures. In 2022, carbon aggregator Corporate Carbon acquired the Ban Ban Springs cattle station for approximately $28.9 million. This acquisition aligned with a 2023 project variation that added Umlilo Holdings Pty Ltd (as trustee for CC Stage 3 Agricultural Trust) as a proponent, integrating the station's existing cattle production with the active carbon activities. In 2026, the project was updated to the latest Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Savanna Fire Management, Emissions Avoidance) Methodology Determination 2026, and its registered area was subdivided and refined. The project also boasts a solid track record of generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), underscored by the successful completion of a carbon abatement contract (CAC102596) that had been active since May 2016.