Everingham Carbon Project

The Everingham Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, approximately 15km north of Childers and 40km south of Bundaberg. Registered in May 2022, the project covers a relatively focused area of 55 hectares. The region is renowned for its rich agricultural heritage, with land use predominantly centered around sugarcane, macadamias, avocados, and intensive grazing.

The project operates under the 2021 Soil Carbon methodology ("Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models"). This method incentivizes landholders to change their management practices to store more carbon in the soil. Unlike tree planting, soil carbon projects require an "eligible interest" in the land and involve a baseline measurement of soil carbon stocks (usually via core sampling) followed by the implementation of new activities. For this specific project, the registered activities involve converting from intensive tillage to reduced or no-tillage practices and applying synthetic or non-synthetic fertilizers to correct material deficiencies. This suggests a transition from traditional, disturbance-heavy cropping or pasture management to a regenerative approach designed to boost soil health and biomass production without releasing stored carbon through ploughing.

Environmentally, the Childers and Bundaberg area is characterized by a subtropical climate with moderate to high rainfall, averaging between 900mm and 1,000mm annually, which is favorable for rapid biomass growth and carbon sequestration. The region is particularly famous for its "Isis Red Soil" (Ferrosols or Krasnozems), deep, free-draining, red volcanic clays that are highly productive and capable of storing significant amounts of organic carbon when managed correctly. The project is developed by Agriprove, a major service provider in the Australian soil carbon market known for streamlining the complex administrative and measurement requirements for farmers.