Wright Carbon Project 1

Wright Carbon Project 1 is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the Tamar Valley region of Tasmania, approximately 20 kilometers northwest of Launceston. Registered in October 2022, the project covers 38 hectares of agricultural land near the locality of Grindelwald (Postcode 7277). The region is a significant agricultural hub known for a mix of grazing, dairy farming, and increasingly, viticulture, benefiting from its proximity to the Tamar River.

The project operates under the Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models (2021) methodology. This method requires the project proponent to establish a baseline of soil carbon stocks through physical sampling (drilling soil cores). Following this, specific land management activities must be implemented to encourage carbon storage. For this project, the primary activities include re-establishing or rejuvenating pasture through seeding or pasture cropping, and altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing. These practices aim to increase biomass and soil cover, which in turn draws more carbon from the atmosphere into the soil profile.

Environmentally, the Tamar Valley features a cool-temperate climate with moderate rainfall, typically ranging between 700mm and 1000mm annually, which supports reliable pasture growth. The soils in this area are generally productive, often consisting of Red Ferrosols or Brown Dermosols, well-structured clay-loam soils that are highly suitable for intensive agriculture and carbon sequestration efforts. The project is managed by Agriprove Solutions, a prominent developer in the Australian soil carbon market that acts as a service provider to streamline the complex sampling and reporting requirements for landholders.