ILC Herd Management Project (Revoked)

ILC Herd Management Project is a beef cattle herd management project located across a multi-state network of properties in the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia. It was registered in April 2016 and covers an undisclosed area size due to its multi-property nature. The project operates within the expansive rangelands and savannas of northern Australia, a region heavily utilised for extensive beef cattle grazing.

Beef cattle herd management projects involve adopting new agricultural practices to reduce the emissions intensity of pasture-fed herds. Standard requirements include establishing a baseline of historical herd data and implementing active management strategies. By improving herd efficiency, specifically by increasing the ratio of weight to age of the herd through methods like better genetics, enhanced feeding strategies, and earlier weaning, proponents can reduce the amount of methane produced per kilogram of live beef weight.

The environmental conditions across northern Australia's pastoral regions typically feature monsoonal to semi-arid rainfall classifications. The expansive soils supporting these broadacre grazing operations generally consist of red earths, sandy loams, and deep cracking clays.

This project was established by the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC), a corporate Commonwealth entity that assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the acquisition and management of land and waters. The initiative was set up to manage beef herds across ILSC-held properties to generate economic and cultural capacity-building benefits alongside emissions reductions. On 9 June 2022, the project was officially revoked under Section 33 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, a mechanism which generally indicates a voluntary revocation initiated by the project proponent.