Moquilambo Native Forest Protection Project

Moquilambo Native Forest Protection Project is an avoided deforestation project located on Moquilambo Station, approximately 30km north of Cobar in central-western New South Wales. It was registered in February 2015 and covers an area of 13,645.08 hectares.

Avoided deforestation projects involve protecting native forests from being permanently cleared and the land from being converted into an agricultural system. Under this standard methodology (Determination 2015), it is a strict requirement that the protected land had a valid clearing permit issued before 1 July 2010.

The Cobar area is heavily relied upon for large-scale pastoral operations, with the dominant land use being rangeland grazing for sheep and goats, alongside local copper mining. The environment is categorised by a semi-arid climate with low and highly variable rainfall, averaging around 350–390mm annually. The region's soils are typically hard-setting red earths (Chromosols), which support open woodland communities of mulga, poplar box, and white cypress pine.

This project is managed by Terra Carbon Pty Limited as the project proponent. Interestingly, the project underwent a methodology variation in May 2015 to update from the 2013 to the 2015 Avoided Deforestation Determination, and more recently in May 2026, the project area was varied to remove certain listed areas from the project boundaries.