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 July 2017 saw some areas removed from the project boundaries.

Savanna burning projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This methodology is designed to reduce the risk of high-intensity late dry season wildfires, which in turn reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions and manages the landscape more sustainably.

The Daly River region is known for large-scale agricultural enterprises. General land use on the property and surrounding area includes Brahman cattle grazing, as well as significant dryland and irrigated cotton farming and horticulture such as mangoes and lemons. The area has a tropical monsoonal climate characterized by high wet-season rainfall, and the soils are highly productive, featuring deep, well-draining types such as Blain and Oolloo red earths alongside fertile floodplains.

This project was established by the Tipperary Group of Stations, which manages a massive cattle operation across a 4,000 square kilometre footprint. In May 2024, the participant name was varied to formally shift the project from Dunkeld Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd. as the Trustee for Yasme Trust to TIPPERARY GROUP OF STATIONS PTY LTD. The property has recently made headlines for pioneering a major cotton industry in the Northern Territory, including an $80 million investment into a fully-owned cotton gin, while maintaining carbon offset activities and a strong focus on environmental stewardship alongside its agricultural expansion.