Keating Carbon Project

The Keating Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the Limpinwood valley near Tyalgum, approximately 25km west of Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Registered in October 2020, the project covers a project area of nearly 55 hectares. The surrounding Tweed Shire is a lush, subtropical agricultural zone primarily known for cattle grazing (beef and dairy), sugar cane, and increasing horticulture operations.

Operating under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems) Methodology Determination 2018, the project aims to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) levels through improved land management. The 2018 soil carbon method requires project proponents to physically sample soils to establish a baseline, implement new management activities to sequester carbon, and then re-sample over time to generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) based on measured increases.

The project site is situated in a high-rainfall zone, with the local Tyalgum area averaging over 1,500mm of precipitation annually. The region is geographically dominated by the erosion caldera of Mount Warning (Wollumbin), resulting in fertile, volcanic soils, typically Red Ferrosols or basaltic clays, which are highly responsive to regenerative agriculture practices. The specific activity listed for this project is pasture rejuvenation by seeding, likely utilizing multispecies pasture cropping to enhance root biomass and soil biology, a standard approach by the proponent, AgriProve.