Western Top End Fire Management Project Area B (Revoked)

Western Top End Fire Management Project Area B (Revoked) is a savanna fire management project located in the Victoria-Daly region of the Northern Territory, approximately 250km south of Darwin and west of Katherine. It was registered in September 2015 and covers an area of 458,048.56 ha.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This controlled burning reduces the available fuel load, which subsequently limits the risk, intensity, and size of highly destructive, late dry season wildfires that emit massive quantities of greenhouse gases.

The Victoria-Daly area is known for extensive beef cattle grazing on large pastoral leases, alongside Indigenous protected areas and national parks. The region experiences a tropical monsoonal climate, considered a high rainfall area during the distinct wet season, followed by very dry winter conditions. Soils in the region generally consist of varying types, including red earths (kandosols), sandy loams, and cracking clays in the river basins.

Interestingly, this project secured an Emissions Reduction Fund carbon abatement contract (CAC141634) in November 2016 to deliver 190,000 tonnes of abatement to the Commonwealth. However, the contract lapsed and was ultimately terminated in May 2018. The project itself was officially revoked on April 11, 2018, under section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule.