DAC-2015-24 (Revoked)

DAC-2015-24 (Revoked) is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located in south-west Queensland, approximately 60km north of Charleville and 50km west of Augathella within the Murweh Shire. It was registered in September 2015 by the proponent Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd and covers a project area of 1,241.38 hectares.

The Native Forest from Managed Regrowth methodology allows landholders to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by regenerating native forest on land that was previously comprehensively cleared for pastoral use. Standard requirements for this project type include ceasing mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, and making active changes to land management, such as excluding or managing livestock grazing and controlling feral animals, to ensure the native vegetation can naturally reach forest cover. Abatement for these projects is generally modelled using the government's FullCAM software.

The Murweh Shire area is well known for its agricultural and pastoral industry, predominantly focusing on cattle and sheep grazing on native vegetation. The region is considered to have a semi-arid climate with highly variable rainfall, and the soils are typical of the Queensland mulga lands and undulating plains, generally consisting of sandy loams and clays.

This project was established to allow permanent native forests to regenerate from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, on previously cleared pastoral land. Notably, the project was originally contracted in November 2015 under a fixed delivery contract (CAC102395) with the Commonwealth, which was successfully completed in July 2017 after delivering 43,500 ACCUs. Despite the successful completion of this fixed delivery contract, the project was ultimately revoked on August 6, 2021, under section 30 of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Rule.