Biodiverse Carbon Conservation Omega (Revoked)

Biodiverse Carbon Conservation Omega (Revoked) was a small-scale environmental planting project located in the Riverland region of South Australia, approximately 18km northeast of Renmark and close to the Victorian border. Registered on July 10, 2015, the project covered a minimal area of just 1.12 hectares. The project was managed by Australian Integrated Carbon Financial Services Pty Ltd until its revocation on July 6, 2018.

The project operated under the Carbon Farming (Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings of Native Tree Species using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool) Methodology Determination 2012. This methodology involves establishing permanent plantings of native tree species on land that has been cleared for at least five years. Projects of this type generally require planting at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover (typically 20% crown cover and 2 meters height) to sequester carbon in the growing biomass.

Regionally, the Renmark and Murtho area is defined by a semi-arid climate with low annual rainfall, typically averaging between 240mm and 260mm. The local soils are characteristic of the Mallee region, consisting primarily of sandy loams, calcareous earths, and dune fields which can be alkaline. While the broader Riverland region is famous for irrigated horticulture, producing citrus, grapes, and almonds, the non-irrigated surrounding landscapes are often used for dryland cropping, grazing, or conservation of remnant Mallee scrub.

The project was revoked under section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015, which indicates the revocation was voluntary and requested by the proponent. Given the project's diminutive size (1.12 ha) and its naming convention ("Omega"), it is likely this site served as a pilot study or a specific case study plot within a larger portfolio developed by Australian Integrated Carbon, rather than a commercial-scale carbon farm.