Moruya Station Carbon Project

Moruya Station Carbon Project is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located in the Paroo local government area, approximately 85km south of Charleville in South West Queensland. It was registered in April 2016 and covers an area of 10,247.71 hectares.

Native Forest from Managed Regrowth projects involve allowing native vegetation to regenerate into a permanent native forest by ceasing activities that suppress or destroy regrowth, such as mechanical clearing or chemical spraying. A standard requirement for this methodology is that the project area must have been comprehensively cleared for pastoral use in the past, and the regrowth must have the potential to achieve forest cover, typically defined as reaching at least 20% crown cover and a tree height of 2 metres.

The Charleville and Paroo region is part of the Mulga Lands bioregion, which is known for extensive pastoral operations, primarily beef cattle and sheep grazing. The area experiences a semi-arid climate with low, highly variable rainfall averaging 400-500mm annually. Soils in this landscape are predominantly red earths, sandy loams, and clays.

This project establishes permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. The project originally secured a carbon abatement contract in April 2016, which subsequently lapsed or was terminated in September 2016. Interestingly, the project originally commenced under the Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) methodology before being formally varied to the Native Forest from Managed Regrowth method in August 2017. Furthermore, its original proponent changed from Colin Ward to Devine Agribusiness Carbon Pty Ltd in April 2017. In July 2021, Devine Agribusiness Carbon was acquired by GreenCollar, Australia's largest environmental markets investor.