Collings Carbon Project

Collings Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located approximately 16km north-east of Bombala in the Snowy Monaro region of New South Wales. It was registered in November 2021 and covers an active project area of 136.97ha.

Soil organic carbon projects involve implementing new agricultural management practices to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil. Under the Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models 2021 methodology, standard requirements involve establishing a baseline of soil carbon through rigorous sampling, adopting new eligible management activities, and subsequently estimating the carbon sequestered over time using a combination of ongoing soil measurements and modeled projections.

The Snowy Monaro area is renowned for its pastoral industry, with regional land use predominantly focused on sheep and cattle grazing. The environment is considered to have moderate rainfall, averaging roughly 650mm annually. Soils in this high-altitude region are typically formed from granitic and basaltic parent materials. These soils can sometimes be deficient in essential nutrients like sulfur, making them highly responsive to targeted soil health interventions.

This project aims to increase carbon and improve the agricultural system by applying synthetic or non-synthetic fertilisers to address material deficiencies, re-establishing or rejuvenating pastures through seeding or pasture cropping, and altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing to promote vegetative cover. Interestingly, the project was originally registered under the older 2018 soil carbon measurement methodology, but the proponent, Agriprove Solutions, varied the project in October 2023 to transition to the newer 2021 measurement and models determination. Furthermore, a variation in November 2024 saw specific portions of the original project area removed from the scheme.