Tennyson Carbon Project (Revoked)

Tennyson Carbon Project (Revoked) is a soil carbon project located roughly 2km northeast of Gunning, approximately 50km west of Goulburn in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales. It was registered in October 2019 and covers a remarkably small area of just 8.93 hectares.

Soil carbon projects operating under the Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems methodology involve changing agricultural land management practices to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil. Standard requirements for these projects involve rigorous baseline and subsequent soil testing rounds (often via core sampling) to directly measure the physical change in carbon stocks over time. To achieve this, proponents must implement one or more eligible land management activities; in this specific case, the project aimed to re-establish and rejuvenate the local pasture by seeding.

The Southern Tablelands region surrounding Gunning is well-known historically for its agricultural land use, particularly fine wool sheep grazing, alongside cattle farming and some cropping. The environment is typically temperate with moderate rainfall. The regional soil types often consist of sandy loams and clay loams derived from granite and shale, which can be highly responsive to pasture rejuvenation and targeted nutrient efforts.

Interestingly, despite nominating a 25-year permanence period with a crediting period designed to run from February 2021 until 2046, this project was officially revoked on September 23, 2025, under section 30 of the CFI Rule. Given its unusually small size of under 9 hectares, the project likely faced high proportional measurement costs for the strict soil sampling requirements, which can be a common hurdle for micro-scale measurement projects. The project was originally managed by Agriprove Solutions Pty Ltd and supported by agent Corporate Carbon Advisory.