Douglas Carbon Farming Project 1

Douglas Carbon Farming Project 1 is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located approximately 65km east-northeast of St George in the Balonne Shire region of South West Queensland. It was registered in March 2024 and covers an area of 3583.08 hectares.

Native Forest from Managed Regrowth projects involve the cessation of mechanical or chemical destruction, or suppression, of regrowth. This allows permanent native forests to naturally regenerate on land previously cleared for pastoral use, with the standard requirement being that the vegetation reaches forest cover (typically defined as achieving at least 20% canopy cover and a minimum tree height of 2 meters).

The Balonne Shire area is heavily utilised for pastoral activities, predominantly cattle and sheep grazing. The region is considered to have a semi-arid climate characterised by variable, summer-dominant rainfall averaging around 550mm annually. The region's soils generally consist of cracking clays, duplex soils, and red massive earths.

This project was established by Terra Carbon Pty Limited, an entity closely associated with the environmental markets developer GreenCollar, to restore permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. Notably, in May 2026, a variation was made to the project area, resulting in certain originally listed parcels of land being removed from the project boundary.