Pearce Carbon Project

Pearce Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region, approximately 10km south-east of Childers in Queensland. It was registered in October 2020 and covers 130.85 hectares.

Soil carbon projects under the 2018 Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems methodology involve generating carbon credits by storing new carbon in agricultural soils. This requires taking baseline soil core measurements and performing continuous sampling intervals to prove an actual increase in soil organic carbon resulting from new or materially different land management activities.

The region surrounding Childers is well known for beef cattle grazing, sugar cane, and horticultural crops. The area has a humid subtropical climate with high rainfall, and the soils are typically composed of highly productive red volcanic ferrosols, clay loams, and alluvial sandy loams.

The project increases carbon in the soil by changing grazing patterns, specifically by altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing. Originally involving Agriprove Pty Ltd, a variation in March 2021 updated the primary proponent to AGRIPROVE SOLUTIONS PTY LTD. The project is actively generating abatement and is part of a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC808228) to deliver Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to the government.