K2 - Revegetation Box Gum Grassy Woodland Riverina

K2 - Revegetation Box Gum Grassy Woodland Riverina is an environmental planting project located approximately 10km northwest of Henty and 60km southwest of the major regional city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. Registered in September 2024, the project covers roughly 31 hectares of land in the Riverina region. The area is historically dominated by agricultural activities, specifically mixed cropping (such as wheat and canola) and livestock grazing, which aligns with the project's goal of restoring native vegetation on formerly cleared agricultural land.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2014. This methodology involves establishing permanent plantings of native tree and shrub species indigenous to the local area. The primary objective is to sequester carbon by re-establishing forest cover, typically requiring a stocking density sufficient to achieve forest canopy potential (often exceeding 200 stems per hectare). As an environmental planting, the trees are protected for a designated permanence period, usually 25 or 100 years, contributing to long-term conservation.

Ecologically, the project sits within a region characterised by a temperate to semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 550mm. The local soil composition generally consists of fertile red-brown earths and clay loams, which are well-suited to the "Box Gum Grassy Woodland" community mentioned in the project title. This specific vegetation type, dominated by White Box, Yellow Box, and Blakely's Red Gum, is listed as a critically endangered ecological community, suggesting this project holds significant biodiversity co-benefits by providing habitat for threatened species like the Superb Parrot and Regent Honeyeater.