Ravensthorpe (Revoked)

Ravensthorpe (Revoked) is an environmental planting project located approximately 5km southeast of the town of Ravensthorpe in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It was registered in July 2015 and covers an area of 35.10ha.

Environmental planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of a mix of native tree species at a density of at least 200 stems per hectare. To be eligible under this methodology, the project must be established on land that was predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to the project's commencement. The tree species planted must also be native to the local area.

The Ravensthorpe area is well known for broadacre agriculture, primarily wheat cropping and sheep grazing. The region experiences a Mediterranean to semi-arid climate with highly variable and occasionally low rainfall. The local soils are generally characterised as sandy duplex or gravelly loam over clay.

Interestingly, this project was developed by Regenerate Australia Ltd, a national environmental charity formerly known as Carbon Positive Australia and Carbon Neutral Charitable Fund. The project was officially revoked on September 18, 2017, under section 33 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. This specific section of the Act relates to the voluntary revocation of an eligible offsets project where no Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) have been issued, indicating that the proponent voluntarily opted out of the scheme before generating any carbon credits from this site.