CPC Savanna Burning Project (Revoked)

CPC Savanna Burning Project is a Savanna Fire Management project located across the Northern Territory and Western Australia border region, spanning vast areas near major towns such as Katherine in the NT and Kununurra in WA. It was registered in October 2015 and covers an extensive 2,939,928.83 ha.

Savanna fire management projects involve strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season to reduce the fuel load, which in turn minimises the risk and severity of late dry season wildfires. Standard requirements include conducting these controlled burns before a specified early dry season cut-off date and managing eligible vegetation fuel types to accurately measure and abate greenhouse gas emissions.

The project footprint falls across the Barkly, Katherine, Victoria Daly, and Wyndham-East Kimberley local government areas. This region is heavily utilised for broadacre pastoral operations and beef cattle grazing. The environment is categorised by monsoonal tropical savannas that span both high and low rainfall zones, while the soils across these vast pastoral stations generally consist of cracking clays, red earths, and sandy loams.

Consolidated Pastoral Company, one of Australia's largest beef producers, originally registered the project, later adding Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd as a joint proponent during a variation in January 2016. South Pole Australia Pty Ltd also acted as an agent on the project. Despite securing a carbon abatement contract, the project was voluntarily revoked in March 2018 under section 30 of the CFI Rule, a legislative section that handles the voluntary revocation of a project declaration by a proponent.