King Rock View Revegetation Project (Revoked)

King Rock View Revegetation Project (Revoked) was an environmental planting project located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 30km northwest of the town of Hyden. Registered in February 2022 and covering a substantial area of 2,252 hectares, the project was situated in a landscape dominated by broadacre cropping and sheep grazing. The site is near the geographical feature known as King Rocks.

The project operated under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM methodology. This method requires the establishment of permanent plantings of native tree species, such as mallee eucalypts, on land that has previously been cleared for agricultural use. The goal is to sequester carbon in the growing biomass. Standard requirements for this method typically involve planting at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover (often at least 200 stems per hectare) and maintaining the vegetation permanently.

Environmentally, the region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with rainfall generally occurring in the cooler winter months, while summers are hot and dry. The soils in this part of the Wheatbelt are typically ancient, weathered sandy loams or granitic soils, often supporting native shrublands where uncleared. The project area itself had been used for agriculture for at least five years prior to registration, indicating it was likely former cropping or grazing land being returned to native vegetation.

The project was revoked on June 30, 2023, under Section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015. Section 30 specifically refers to voluntary revocation, where the project proponent, in this case, Corporate Carbon Advisory, applies to withdraw the project. This can occur for various reasons, such as a change in land management strategy, land ownership transfer, or a determination that the project is no longer commercially viable.