Wallamba-Bulahdelah Revegetation Project (Revoked)

Wallamba-Bulahdelah Revegetation Project is a revoked environmental planting project located across two sites in the Mid-Coast Council region of New South Wales. The northern site sits near the Wallamba River approximately 15km northwest of Forster, while the southern site is located roughly 10km southwest of Bulahdelah. Registered in February 2015, the project covered a small area of 20.05 hectares and was situated on land previously used for agriculture, typical of the region's beef cattle grazing and forestry operations.

The project operated under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM methodology. This method involves establishing permanent plantings of native tree species on cleared land to sequester carbon. The 'FullCAM' designation indicates that carbon abatement was calculated using the Full Carbon Accounting Model software rather than direct field measurements. Standard requirements for such projects typically mandate a stocking density sufficient to achieve forest cover (often defined as reaching 20% crown cover and a height of at least 2 meters).

Environmentally, the Bulahdelah and Nabiac regions are characterized by a warm, high-rainfall climate, with significant precipitation occurring throughout the year. The soils in these undulating coastal hinterlands are generally varying mixtures of Red Chromosols (red-brown earths) on the slopes and alluvial Dermosols (clay loams) in the valleys, which are naturally fertile but can be susceptible to compaction from long-term grazing.

Notably, the project was voluntarily revoked in November 2025 under Section 30 of the CFI Rule, following the relinquishment of 651 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in July 2025. This sequence, handing back issued credits followed by revocation, suggests the proponent, Greenfleet Australia, opted to exit the Clean Energy Regulator's scheme. As Greenfleet is a non-profit environmental charity focused on ecosystem restoration, they may have chosen to maintain the trees for biodiversity or internal offsetting purposes without the ongoing administrative burden of the federal carbon market.