Western Top End Area C (Revoked)

Western Top End Area C (Revoked) is a savanna fire management project located in the Victoria Daly region of the Northern Territory, approximately 140km southwest of Katherine. It was registered in October 2015 and covers 212,284.47 hectares.

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 region is predominantly used for extensive beef cattle grazing on large pastoral leases, alongside Indigenous protected areas. The project area falls within a tropical savanna climate characterized by a distinct wet and dry season. It is categorized under the method's low rainfall zone, which typically receives 600mm to 1000mm of rainfall annually. Soils in this region generally consist of sandy loams, gravelly lateritic earths, and cracking clays in the lower drainage basins.

An interesting note about this project is its administrative history. The project was initially contracted under the Emissions Reduction Fund in November 2015 (Contract CAC102600), which was officially marked as completed in March 2022. However, the project itself was revoked on April 11, 2018, under section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule. The proponent, James Benjamin Lewis, also managed neighboring projects, such as Western Top End Area A and Area B, which experienced similar revocations.