Badgebup (Revoked)

Badgebup (Revoked) is an environmental planting project located in the rural locality of Badgebup, approximately 30 kilometers east of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Registered in July 2015 and covering roughly 72 hectares, the project was situated in the highly productive but ecologically fragmented Wheatbelt region, an area historically dominated by broadacre cropping and sheep grazing. The project was voluntarily revoked in September 2017.

The project operated under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings methodology. This method involves establishing permanent native vegetation on land that has been clear of forest cover for at least five years. The goal is to sequester carbon by growing trees and shrubs, typically mixed species native to the local area, at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover (at least 20% crown cover and 2 meters in height). In this region, environmental plantings often serve a dual purpose: sequestering carbon and mitigating dryland salinity, a pervasive issue in the Western Australian Wheatbelt.

Environmentally, Badgebup sits in a semi-arid Mediterranean climate zone with an average annual rainfall of approximately 380mm. The landscape is characterized by flat to gently undulating plains with soils that are typically sandy loams or duplex soils (sand over clay). These soils are often susceptible to salinity and waterlogging, making deep-rooted perennial vegetation like the native Eucalypt and Melaleuca species planted here vital for lowering local water tables and restoring soil health.

A significant note regarding this project is its revocation under Section 33 of the CFI Act, which specifically refers to a "voluntary revocation" where no Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) have been issued. This suggests that the proponent, Carbon Positive Australia Ltd (a charitable organization), likely chose to manage the restoration outside of the formal ACCU scheme or merged it with their broader charitable offset portfolio. Carbon Positive Australia actively manages a "Badgebup property" where they have restored hundreds of hectares of degraded, saline land, often in collaboration with local groups like the Badgebup Aboriginal Corporation.