DAC-2015-24 (Revoked)

DAC-2015-24 (Revoked) was a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located in the rural locality of Ward, approximately 75km north of Charleville in southern Queensland. Registered in September 2015, the project covered a 1,241-hectare area within the Shire of Murweh. The region is predominantly used for grazing sheep and cattle on native vegetation, typical of the Mulga Lands bioregion.

The project operated under the Native Forest from Managed Regrowth (NFMR) methodology. This specific framework credits landholders for allowing native forests to regenerate on land that was historically cleared for pastoral use. Unlike other methods that focus on suppressing grazing pressure, NFMR specifically requires the cessation of mechanical or chemical clearing cycles (such as chaining or stick-raking) to allow the vegetation to return to forest cover.

Environmentally, the Charleville region is characterized by a semi-arid, sub-tropical continental climate with a summer-dominant rainfall average of approximately 500mm per year. The soils in this area are commonly Kandosols (red earths), which are well-suited to the Mulga (Acacia aneura) vegetation often targeted by regeneration projects in this district, though cracking clay soils (Vertosols) are also present in the wider shire.

A notable aspect of this project is its administrative timeline. While carbon projects typically have permanence periods of 25 or 100 years, this project successfully completed its carbon abatement contract (CAC102395) with the Australian Government in July 2017, delivering 43,500 tonnes of abatement just two years after registration. The project was subsequently voluntarily revoked in August 2021. The proponent, Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd, managed a portfolio of similar projects in the region during this period.