DAC-2015-15 (Revoked)

DAC-2015-15 (Revoked) was a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located in the Maranoa region of South-West Queensland, approximately 40km northwest of Bollon and 200km southwest of Roma. It was registered in October 2015, covered a vast area of 16,611.52 hectares, and was officially revoked in August 2021 under section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule.

Native Forest from Managed Regrowth projects involve allowing native vegetation to regenerate into a permanent native forest by ceasing activities that suppress or destroy regrowth, such as mechanical clearing or chemical spraying. Standard methodology requirements dictate that the project area must have previously been subjected to at least one comprehensive clearing for pastoral use, and the vegetation must have the potential to achieve native forest cover, typically defined as reaching a minimum of 20% crown cover and trees of at least 2 metres in height.

The Maranoa and broader South-West Queensland region is heavily utilized for extensive pastoral operations, primarily beef cattle and sheep grazing. The area features a semi-arid climate characterized by low, highly variable rainfall (typically averaging 400-500mm annually), and the soils generally consist of red earths, sandy loams, and clays common to the Mulga Lands bioregion.

This project was established to create permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. Interestingly, the project's proponent, Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd, was acquired by the major environmental markets investor GreenCollar in July 2021. This strategic consolidation of carbon farming assets took place just one month before this specific project was revoked from the ACCU scheme.