Norman River Carbon Project (Revoked)

Norman River Carbon Project (Revoked) is a Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems project located in the Central Highlands and Barcoo region of Queensland, situated inland roughly between the towns of Tambo and Springsure. It was registered in April 2015 and originally covered an area of 16,275.60 hectares.

Projects utilizing the Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems methodology involve land managers adopting new agricultural practices to build soil organic carbon. Standard requirements for this methodology dictate that proponents must implement eligible management activities, such as altering stocking densities, utilizing rotational grazing, or undertaking pasture rejuvenation, while periodically taking physical soil samples to demonstrate and verify a measurable increase in carbon stocks against an established baseline.

The central-western Queensland region where the project is located is renowned for large-scale broadacre beef cattle grazing. The area generally experiences a semi-arid, summer-dominant rainfall climate. The surrounding environment consists largely of pastoral grazing land characterized by cracking clay soils (Vertosols) and sandy loams.

This specific project was set up to increase carbon in the soil by rejuvenating local pastures and fundamentally changing grazing patterns to allow biomass and soil carbon to recover. Managed by Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd (with Corporate Carbon Advisory Pty Ltd as another participant), the project was linked to an active Fixed Delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC102378) designed to deliver 2,225,000 ACCUs to the Commonwealth. In July 2018, the project underwent a variation to remove certain areas from its declared boundaries. Ultimately, the project was officially revoked on November 13, 2023, under Section 30 of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Rule, a section that commonly relates to voluntary project revocations, administrative restructuring, or a failure to meet ongoing eligibility requirements.