Deans Carbon Project

Deans Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located approximately 27km west of Ceduna, near the rural locality of Charra on the far west coast of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. It was registered in May 2026 and covers a project area of 428.65 hectares.

Soil carbon projects under the Measurement and Models methodology involve changing agricultural management practices to sequester and store carbon in the soil. Standard requirements for this methodology dictate establishing a precise baseline of soil carbon through rigorous soil core sampling and laboratory analysis, followed by the implementation of new or materially different eligible management activities to build soil organic carbon.

The far west coastal region surrounding Ceduna and Charra is widely known for pastoral grazing and dryland cropping. The area experiences a semi-arid climate with a low typical annual rainfall of around 270mm, and the environment's soils are generally comprised of calcareous sandy loams over calcrete.

This project was set up to increase carbon in the soil of its agricultural system by applying nutrients to the land in the form of synthetic or non-synthetic fertiliser. By doing so, the project specifically addresses a verified material deficiency in the soil to improve plant growth and biomass, which subsequently increases soil carbon content. The project is managed by Agriprove Solutions Pty Ltd, one of Australia's leading soil carbon project developers.