'RegenCo BCHM Northern Aggregation #1

RegenCo BCHM Northern Aggregation #1 is a Beef Cattle Herd Management project located at various aggregated pastoral properties stretching across Northern Australia, spanning regions such as the Kimberley in Western Australia, Katherine in the Northern Territory, and parts of Queensland. It was registered in February 2022, and because it is an aggregation across multiple landholdings, the total project area spans an unknown but extensive size.

Beef Cattle Herd Management projects involve adopting targeted agricultural practices that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of cattle per kilogram of liveweight produced. Standard requirements for this methodology involve using the Beef Cattle Herd Management Calculator to estimate emissions and keeping detailed herd tracking data. The specific activities implemented for this project include changing the ratio of livestock classes to increase total annual liveweight gain, increasing the herd's weight-to-age ratio, reducing the average age of the herd, and reducing the proportion of unproductive animals.

The land use across this Northern Australian aggregation is dedicated almost entirely to extensive rangeland cattle grazing. The environment across these vast pastoral properties is generally classified as tropical savanna and semi-arid, experiencing monsoonal wet seasons with high summer rainfall followed by harsh, long dry seasons. Soils in these regions vary significantly but are typically dominated by red and yellow earths, cracking clays, and sandy loams which heavily influence the carrying capacity of the land.

Project proponent RegenCo acts as a natural capital developer, partnering with Australian pastoralists to incorporate carbon farming alongside their existing beef operations to diversify revenue and build environmental resilience. Interestingly, the project has been highly successful, generating over 117,600 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to date. It is also worth noting that the specific Beef Cattle Herd Management methodology it relies upon officially sunsetted in October 2025 after ten years of active operation within the ACCU scheme.