Pattison Native Forest Protection Project

Pattison Native Forest Protection Project is an avoided deforestation project located on Pattison Station, approximately 65km southwest of Bourke and 34km north of Louth in outback New South Wales. It was registered in December 2014 and covers an area of 8,175.72 hectares. The region's land use is primarily pastoral grazing, suited to sheep, goats, and dry cattle, along with some seasonal floodplain farming and irrigation near the Darling River.

Avoided deforestation projects involve protecting native forests from being legally cleared and converted to agricultural systems. This methodology requires the land to have had a valid clearing permit issued before 1 July 2010. By committing to not clearing the native vegetation, the carbon stored in the standing forest generates Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) over the life of the project.

The environment surrounding the project in the Bourke region is classified as semi-arid, experiencing typical low rainfall of approximately 325mm per annum. The soils in the area transition from heavy grey alluvial soils on the river floodplains to red loam plains. This environment supports vegetation such as red river gums, black box, coolabah, and a variety of mulga and belah scrub.

The project was originally registered by Alfred, Gregory, and Neil Clark in 2014, before the proponent was varied in February 2020 to Terra Carbon Pty Limited, a subsidiary of GreenCollar, which is Australia's largest environmental market developer. Additionally, the project varied its methodology in May 2015 from the 2013 determination to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Avoided Deforestation 1.1) Methodology Determination 2015. The project has also secured an active fixed delivery contract with the Clean Energy Regulator from the April 2015 auction to deliver abatement to the Commonwealth over an 11.61-year period.