Seven Hills Soil Carbon Project

Seven Hills Soil Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located in the Cabonne region, approximately 25km north-northeast of Orange in New South Wales. It was registered in March 2024 and initially covers an area of 1048.65 hectares. The surrounding Central West region is well known for a diverse mix of agricultural land uses, predominantly sheep and cattle grazing, alongside cropping, horticulture, and viticulture. The environment experiences moderate to high rainfall typical of the Central Tablelands, and local soils are generally highly fertile ferrosols (red earths), yellow earths, and clay loams.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021. Soil carbon projects of this type involve changing agricultural land management practices to build and store carbon in the soil. These carbon gains are verified through a rigorous process of baseline soil testing, ongoing measurement, and modelling. For this specific project, the proponents are altering the stocking rate, duration, and intensity of grazing (or a combination of these activities) to promote soil vegetation cover and improve overall soil health.

The project is managed by Carbon Fix Pty Limited, a proponent that manages several similar agricultural and environmental carbon projects across New South Wales. Carbon Fix Pty Limited typically targets higher-rainfall areas for their projects to maximize carbon yields and ecological co-benefits such as biodiversity improvement. Additionally, the project underwent a registered variation in February 2025, where specific previously listed areas were removed from the initial 1048.65-hectare project footprint.