Lake Echo (Revoked)

Lake Echo (Revoked) is an Improved Forest Management (IFM) project located on the eastern banks of Lake Echo in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. The site is situated approximately 20km south of the settlement of Miena and 60km north-west of New Norfolk. Registered in August 2017, the project covered a small area of 17.21 hectares. The region is characterized by a cool temperate alpine climate with high rainfall, supporting dense native vegetation on predominantly dolerite-based soils which are common to the Tasmanian Central Plateau.

The project operated under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Designated Verified Carbon Standard Projects) Methodology Determination 2015. This specific methodology was designed to transition projects accredited under the international Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) into the Australian government's ACCU scheme. The underlying activity involves protecting native forests on private land from scheduled harvesting or logging, thereby maintaining carbon stocks in the landscape.

A key aspect of this project is its administrative nature. It appears to have been established as a mechanism to excise a specific parcel of land from the broader "Forests Alive: Protection of Tasmanian Native Forest" project. According to registry notes, land was transferred from the main Forests Alive project to this Lake Echo project ID. Subsequently, the proponent voluntarily relinquished 56 Kyoto Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) associated with this area and revoked the project entirely in September 2017, just one month after registration. This process effectively released the 17.21 hectares from carbon maintenance obligations, likely to facilitate a property sale or change in land use.