Bindaree Carbon Project 2015

Bindaree Carbon Project 2015 is a soil carbon sequestration project located at the "Bindaree" property in Garnant, approximately 47km from Rockhampton in Central Queensland. It was registered in October 2015 and covers an area of 1408.23 hectares.

Measurement of soil carbon sequestration projects involve storing carbon in agricultural soils by changing land management practices. For this project, the methodology requires establishing a carbon baseline through soil sampling and actively increasing soil organic carbon by altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing.

The Garnant and wider Central Queensland region is primarily known for beef cattle grazing operations. The area is sub-tropical, experiencing an average annual rainfall of approximately 600mm, and the property features a mix of soil types ranging from lighter sandy country to fertile, self-mulching black clay soils.

This project is operated by cattle producers Mick and Noela Alexander via GBP Qld Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Alexander Family Trust. They successfully transitioned the property into an organic beef operation utilizing intensive rotational grazing to improve profitability and pasture health. Supported by CQUniversity researcher and project agent Dr. Thakur Bhattarai, preliminary samples on the property showed the lighter sandy soils holding up to 40 tonnes of carbon per hectare, while the heavier country held up to 120 tonnes. The Bindaree property also serves as a local educational hub, regularly hosting "Healthy Soils" field days and workshops to demonstrate regenerative grazing, natural sequence farming, and carbon farming strategies to other agricultural producers.