Biodiverse Carbon Conservation

Biodiverse Carbon Conservation is an environmental planting project located approximately 15km southwest of the rural town of Jerramungup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was registered in April 2015 and covers an area of 771.58 hectares.

Environmental planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of native trees, typically planted at a density of at least 200 stems per hectare to achieve a forest cover that reaches at least two metres in height and provides 20% crown cover at maturity. This specific project uses tree and shrub species native to the local area and operates under the FullCAM methodology determination.

The Jerramungup area is predominantly used for agricultural operations such as broadacre cropping and sheep grazing. The region generally experiences a moderate to semi-arid Mediterranean climate with typical annual rainfall between 400 and 500mm, and the soils are largely sandy or clay loams commonly found throughout the Western Australian wheatbelt.

This project forms a crucial part of the broader "Gondwana Link" initiative, creating ecological pathways for threatened species to move through a historically over-cleared landscape between the Fitzgerald River and Stirling Range National Parks. Indigenous community members were heavily involved in the work plan, identifying the Black Gloved Wallaby as a key species in need of protection through these plantings. In addition to its ecological successes, the project successfully completed a carbon contract (CAC178523) with the Clean Energy Regulator originating from the April 2016 auction. Originally initiated by Australian Integrated Carbon Financial Services, the project is now operated by Canopy Nature Based Solutions Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Greening Australia.