Stanley Farms Mallee Plantings #1 Project (Revoked)

Stanley Farms Mallee Plantings #1 Project (Revoked) was a large-scale carbon sequestration initiative located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Situated approximately 70 kilometers east of the wheatbelt town of Perenjori and roughly 300 kilometers northeast of Perth, the project area sits on the fringes of the agricultural zone where broadacre cropping transitions into pastoral rangelands. The project was registered in April 2015 and covered a significant area of 25,595 hectares.

The project utilized the "Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM" methodology. This method is specifically designed for planting mallee eucalypts, hardy, multi-stemmed native trees, in belts or block configurations. Standard requirements for this methodology involve establishing trees on land previously used for agriculture (such as grazing or cropping) for at least five years prior to commencement. The goal is to sequester carbon in the trees' biomass while potentially offering co-benefits such as salinity control and windbreaks for livestock.

Environmentally, the region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with low annual rainfall, typically ranging between 250mm and 350mm. The landscape is dominated by the red earth and sandy loam soils typical of the Yilgarn Craton, often supporting native acacia shrublands and eucalypt woodlands where uncleared. The project's location near the "clearing line" suggests the land was likely marginal agricultural country utilized for extensive sheep grazing or opportunistic wheat cropping before the project's inception.

Despite its large scale, the project was revoked in March 2017 under section 33 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, which typically indicates a voluntary revocation by the proponent. The project was managed by Corporate Carbon Solutions, a prominent aggregator in the Australian market. The revocation suggests that the project may have undergone a change in land ownership, methodology, or strategic direction shortly after its registration.