Young Carbon Project 2

Young Carbon Project 2 is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the locality of Woolooga, approximately 35 kilometers northwest of Gympie in Queensland. Registered in December 2022, the project covers a considerable landholding of 635.66 hectares. The project area sits within the Gympie Regional Council jurisdiction, a region heavily utilized for beef cattle grazing and, to a lesser extent, cropping and forestry.

This project operates under the 2021 Soil Carbon methodology (Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models). This high-integrity method requires the proponent to undertake baseline soil sampling to a depth of one meter to establish current carbon stocks. Following this, land management activities, such as the transition from set stocking to time-controlled rotational grazing, are implemented to stimulate plant growth and root biomass. The increased photosynthetic activity pumps liquid carbon (exudates) into the soil profile. The project generates credits (ACCUs) only after subsequent rounds of measurement verify a physical increase in soil organic carbon levels over time.

The Woolooga and wider Western Mary Catchments region typically experiences a sub-tropical climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 800mm to 900mm. This rainfall reliability generally supports robust pasture growth, which is critical for the success of soil carbon projects. The local terrain likely features a mix of soil types, ranging from dark friable earths and alluvial loams on creek flats, which are highly responsive to carbon farming, to harder setting podzolic soils on the ridges.

The project is developed by Agriprove Solutions, a prominent developer in the Australian soil carbon market known for partnering with landholders to implement "soilkee" pasture renovation and regenerative grazing principles. The sequential naming "Young Carbon Project 2" suggests this is the second stage of a larger aggregation or a subsequent project by the same landholding family (Young), indicating a commitment to scaling carbon farming operations across their property portfolio.