Douglas Carbon Farming Project 1

Douglas Carbon Farming Project 1 is a Native Forest from Managed Regrowth project located in the Balonne Shire region, approximately 60km northeast of St George in Queensland. It was registered in March 2024 and covers 3,583.08 hectares.

Native Forest from Managed Regrowth projects involve allowing native vegetation to naturally regenerate into forest cover, achieving at least 20% canopy cover and a tree height of 2 metres. This requires the cessation of activities that suppress tree growth, such as mechanical or chemical clearing.

The St George and wider Balonne region is historically known for sheep and cattle grazing, as well as extensive irrigated cotton farming operations. The environment is considered semi-arid to subhumid, with a summer-dominant average annual rainfall between 400mm and 500mm. The region's soils are generally alluvial clays and cracking clay plains associated with the Balonne River catchments and floodplains.

This project establishes permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources (including rootstock and lignotubers) on land that was subject to at least one comprehensive clearing for pastoral use. Interestingly, the project proponent, Terra Carbon Pty Limited, operates as a subsidiary of GreenCollar, which is Australia's largest environmental market investor and project developer. The project has a nominated permanence period of 25 years. In May 2026, a variation to the project area was registered, resulting in some of the originally listed land areas being removed.