DAC-2015-02

DAC-2015-02 is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth (NFMR) project located in the Murweh Shire region of South West Queensland, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Charleville. Registered in July 2015, the project covers an extensive area of 22,005.09 hectares. The Charleville and surrounding Murweh Shire area is known for large-scale pastoral operations, primarily featuring extensive sheep and cattle grazing on native pastures. The environment is a semi-arid Mulga landscape, receiving a low and highly variable average annual rainfall of approximately 450mm. The soils are predominantly Kandosols, which are red, yellow, and grey massive earthy soils with sandy to loamy surfaces.

The Native Forest from Managed Regrowth methodology is designed to establish permanent native forests on land previously subject to at least one comprehensive clearing for pastoral use. This project achieves this by ceasing any mechanical or chemical destruction, or suppression of regrowth. This change in land management allows native vegetation to regenerate naturally from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, until the vegetation can reach native forest cover standards, which generally requires trees to reach at least two metres in height and provide 20% canopy cover.

The project is managed by Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd, a major proponent of carbon projects in southwest Queensland. DAC-2015-02 actively supplies Australian Carbon Credit Units to the Commonwealth and operates under a fixed delivery contract obligation with the Clean Energy Regulator. It is estimated to sequester approximately 3,812 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) per year. As an interesting corporate detail, the proponent is part of the Green Climate Co Pty Ltd group and is listed on the Australian Government's Modern Slavery Register, ensuring ethical compliance and transparency across its corporate supply chain.