Biodiverse Carbon Conservation Point Pearce (Revoked)

Biodiverse Carbon Conservation Point Pearce (Revoked) is an environmental planting project located near the Aboriginal community of Point Pearce, approximately 20km northwest of Maitland on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. Registered in July 2015 and covering 52.34 hectares, the project was situated in a region defined by a Mediterranean to semi-arid climate with winter-dominant rainfall. The surrounding Yorke Peninsula is predominantly utilised for dryland cropping, specifically wheat and barley, as well as grazing. The local landscape typically features calcareous sandy loams and limestone-based soils which are well-suited to mallee vegetation but can be fragile under intensive agriculture.

The project operated under the Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings of Native Tree Species using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool methodology (2012). This method requires the establishment of permanent native forests on land that has been cleared for at least five years prior to commencement. Projects of this type typically involve planting species native to the local area, often a mix of mallee eucalypts and understorey shrubs, to sequester carbon in biomass. The "Biodiverse Carbon" naming convention used by the proponent, Australian Integrated Carbon Financial Services (Ai Carbon), suggests an intent to generate co-benefits such as habitat restoration alongside carbon abatement.

The project was voluntarily revoked on August 28, 2017, under section 33 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. A section 33 revocation is initiated by the proponent, indicating the project was cancelled before it could issue Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) or was withdrawn to be restructured. Consequently, this specific project area is no longer generating credits under this identifier.