Steere Murchison Carbon Project (Revoked)

Steere Murchison Carbon Project is a mallee planting project located in the Koorda local government area, approximately 240km northeast of Perth in Western Australia. It was registered in July 2015 and covers 3875.66ha.

Reforestation by environmental or mallee planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of native tree species at specific stocking densities to sequester carbon in their biomass. This specific project aimed to establish permanent mallee eucalypt species on land that had been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to project commencement.

The surrounding Koorda region is well known for dryland agriculture, heavily focused on wheat cropping, coarse grains, and sheep grazing. The environment is considered semi-arid with low rainfall, typically averaging around 300 to 350mm annually. The local soils generally consist of sandy loams, gravelly sands, and clay loams overlying granite and gneiss landscapes, which are well-suited for resilient native mallee trees.

Developed by Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd, the project originally nominated a 25-year permanence period and had active Commonwealth delivery contracts. However, the project was officially revoked on February 28, 2018, under section 30 of the CFI Rule. Outside of the project's history, a unique regional fact is that the nearby town of Koorda is famously known as "Corn Dolly Country," celebrating an ancient agricultural tradition of weaving decorative dolls from the stalks and husks of locally grown wheat.