Advance Carbon Project

Advance Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located approximately 20km north of Gulgong in the Mid-Western Regional Council area of New South Wales. It was registered in December 2017 and covers 419.01 hectares.

Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems projects involve altering standard agricultural management practices to build and retain soil organic carbon. Common activities under this methodology include rejuvenating pastures, modifying stocking densities, and altering grazing patterns to allow for prolonged pasture recovery. This specific project focuses on increasing soil carbon by rejuvenating pastures and proactively changing grazing patterns to improve the grazing system's overall health.

The Mid-Western Regional Council area is well-known for its mixed agricultural land uses, predominantly sheep and cattle grazing alongside broadacre cropping and viticulture. The environment around the Gulgong region experiences moderate rainfall, averaging roughly 653mm annually. Soils in this region are generally characterized by Chromosols (duplex soils with moderate agricultural potential) and some deep cracking Vertosols typical of the New South Wales slopes and plains.

Interestingly, in November 2020, there was a variation to the project area where specific land areas originally listed under the project were removed from the official carbon estimation area. The project is managed by Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd, with Deane Belfield listed as an additional participant.