Bokhara Plains Soil Carbon Project

Bokhara Plains Soil Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration project located at "Bokhara Plains", approximately 35km north of Brewarrina in Western NSW. It was registered in October 2024 and initially covered an area of 4,123.23 hectares.

Soil carbon projects operating under the Measurement and Models methodology involve changing agricultural practices to build and store organic carbon in the soil. Standard requirements for this project include altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing to promote soil vegetation cover and improve overall soil health. The carbon gains are then estimated through a combination of direct physical soil sampling and modelling.

The Brewarrina region is predominantly known for cattle and sheep grazing operations across extensive native rangelands. The area is considered semi-arid and experiences a dry climate with a low average annual rainfall of approximately 380mm to 400mm. Soils in this landscape are generally a mix of deep, cracking black clay floodplains and lighter claypan areas.

This project is managed by Atlas Agri Solutions in partnership with the property owners, Graham and Cathy Finlayson. Interestingly, the Finlaysons have spent the last two decades using holistic, fast-rotation grazing to successfully regenerate historically degraded and bare claypans into productive, high-biomass pastures that provide improved drought resilience. Additionally, a project variation occurred in September 2025, which saw some areas formally removed from the originally listed project boundary.