Tipperary Group of Stations Savanna Burning Project

Tipperary Group of Stations Savanna Burning Project is a savanna burning project located at Tipperary Station, approximately 36km east of the Daly River community and a two-hour drive south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. It was registered in July 2013 and initially covered 381,440.97 hectares, though a variation in 2017 removed some specific areas from the project boundary.

Savanna burning projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. By conducting controlled burns early in the season when vegetation holds more moisture, proponents can significantly reduce the risk and spread of massive, hot, and destructive late dry season wildfires, thereby drastically reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The Tipperary and Daly River region is characterised by a tropical monsoonal climate with distinct wet and dry seasons and high annual rainfall. The local environment features large tracts of productive, well-draining soils, fertile floodplains, and lateritic soils belonging to the Tipperary land system. This area is renowned for its immense agricultural capacity; the predominant land use is large-scale Brahman cattle breeding and backgrounding, alongside an increasing footprint of broadacre cropping and fodder production.

Interestingly, Tipperary Station is a major agricultural and logistical hub equipped with extensive infrastructure, including its own 2,200-metre sealed airstrip. In recent years, the station has successfully pioneered rain-fed broadacre cotton cropping to run alongside their traditional cattle enterprises. In May 2024, the carbon project's proponent officially changed from Dunkeld Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd. (as the Trustee for Yasme Trust) to Tipperary Group of Stations Pty Ltd.