Cooplacurripa Environmental Planting Project (Phase 1)

Cooplacurripa Environmental Planting Project (Phase 1) is an environmental planting project located at Cooplacurripa Station, approximately 40km northwest of Nowendoc and 45km north of Gloucester in the Upper Manning Catchment of NSW. It was registered in April 2025 and covers 1909.26ha.

Environmental planting projects involve establishing and maintaining permanent plantings of a mix of native tree and shrub species that are local to the area. The species mix reflects the structure and composition of the local native vegetation community. To achieve forest cover, projects under the 2024 methodology typically require planting at a minimum density of 200 stems per hectare for block plantings.

The Cooplacurripa area is historically known for broadacre primary production, particularly cattle grazing dating back to 1846, alongside neighbouring national parks and forestry operations. Situated in a high rainfall valley system traversed by the Cooplacurripa River, the project area contains fertile valley soils suitable for supporting diverse native ecosystems, including eucalypt tall open forests and subtropical rainforests.

This project was set up by Silva Capital's Carbon Origination Fund and is notable for being part of Australia's first registered Nature Repair Market initiative, overlapping with project NR001014. By pairing the carbon project with a legislated biodiversity certificate market, it demonstrates a "stacked" credit model aiming to generate both ACCUs and biodiversity certificates from the same parcel of land. The project also recorded a variation to amend its project area in August 2025.