General Information

[Q28, Q31]Own Project | Greening Australia allows small scale voluntary contributions to the project through our Breathe Easy campaign, as well as offering long term supply contracts for the delivery of Australian Carbon Credit Units issued under the CFIThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either:
- Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or
- Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon.

The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e
. Greening Australia may be able to offer a range of pricing to reflect different scales of investment into this project.

Habitat 141 is a bold landscape scale project. It seeks to restore the links between major national parks and nature reserves over a 700 km stretch straddling the SA, NSW and Victorian border region.

This area encompasses a diverse range of ecosystems including rangelands, heath, mallee, red gum forests and floodplains, grassy woodlands through to the limestone rich coastal plain.

These landscape scale works are guided by the latest conservation planning expertise and science, and initiated through partnerships with most of the major environmental conservation organisations across the landscape.

The aim of this project is to protect and restore the native vegetation on the 186ha property ‘Nurcong’. By doing so, it will directly contribute to the following Conservation Action Plan (CAP) objectives for the West Wimmera Woodlands and Wetlands (Zone 2):

(i) Restore vegetated linkages between the Little Desert and Grampians NPs via the Tooan – Mt Arapiles Parks Complex. This linkage will help facilitate the movement of the endangered Mallee Fowl between known populations found in the Nurcoung Flora Reserve and the Little Desert NP.

(ii) Ensure 30% of pre-European extent of broad vegetation groups by protecting, enhancing and restoring 30,000 ha of Grassy Woodlands by 2058. This project will permanently protect 5 ha of remnant and restore 10.5 hectares of the Shallow Sands Woodland. Shallow Sands Woodlands are part of the Buloke Woodlands complex, which are considered endangered under the EPBC Act.

Price per tonne of CO2e [Q30] Varies.

Project Type(s) [Q32] - AfforestationThe direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed. / reforestationThe reestablishment of forest on land that was previously forested but converted to another use before 31.12.1989. with multiple locally occurring species of vegetation - Greening Australia is investigating a range of opportunities that now present under the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either: - Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or - Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon. The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO2-e including soil carbon amendment and enhancement, and native forest protection and enhancement projects within this landscape.

Project Location(s) [Q33, Q34]Australia | SA | VIC

Project Size (tonnes of CO2e) [Q35] The “Nurcoung Restoration Project” has a total project area of 186 hectares, with 130 hectares of newly established biodiverse carbon. This project is expected to yield between 30,000 to 50,000 tonnes of CO2-eA standard measure that takes account of the different global warming potentials of greenhouse gases and expresses the cumulative effect in a common unit. over the next 20-60 years.

[Q32a]- Yes, we operate on private land for interested parties
- Yes, our operations aim to embrace private landholders in select regions
- No, our operations are located on our own land or the land of our partners

Quality

[Q36]- 1 Jul 2008[Q37]- The project will be registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative with an initial crediting period of 15 years.[Q38]- Projects established in H141 will seek registration under the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either: - Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or - Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon. The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e .
[Q41]

- No

[Q42]- Greening Australia offers a product that delivers multiple environmental benefits over and above CO2 abatement including: improved biodiversity outcomes; addressing inappropriate land and water use and promoting multiple land uses that provide truly sustainable productive landscapes; removing invasive plant species and managing pest species; and adding value to local communities through enhanced sustainable land management practices and the diversification of farm income.[Q43]- Offset is only sold as verified emission reductions (retrospectively accrued)[Q44]- Our organisations internal registry
- Greening Australia maintains detailed project records. These projects will be registered through the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either:
- Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or
- Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon.

The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e
.
[Q45]- Greening Australia will retire ACCUs on behalf of donors for all donations made through our Breathe Easy portal. Our commitment is to retire units within 20 years of the donation. Greening Australia may enter into other arrangements with customers seeking long term supply contracts.[Q46]- Greening Australia is currently reviewing aspects of production and retirement of credits in line with the requirements under the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either:
- Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or
- Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon.

The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e
.

General Information

[Q28, Q31]Own Project | Greening Australia allows small scale voluntary contributions to the project through our Breathe Easy campaign, as well as offering long term supply contracts for the delivery of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUSee Australian Carbon Credit Unit) issued under the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either:
- Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or
- Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon.

The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e
(CFI). Greening Australia may be able to offer a range of pricing to reflect different scales of investment into this project.

Gondwana Link is an ambitious conservation and restoration initiative located in the southwest of Western Australia (WA). This regional scale effort involves a number of organisations working collaboratively to reconnect and conserve landscapes from the tall wet forests of the far southwest to the dry woodland and mallee systems bordering the Nullarbor Plain.

One area in which operational activities have focused within Gondwana Link is a 70 km section of fragmented mallee and woodland remnant vegetation systems located between the Stirling Ranges and Fitzgerald River National Parks, referred to as the "Fitz-Stirlings". The Fitz-Stirling region provides an excellent opportunity for the practice of ecological restoration at the landscape scale. While land clearing for agriculture has occurred, significant areas (27 per cent) of remnant vegetation are still present.

The Peniup Restoration Project employed a multifaceted approach to re-establish a self-replicating biologically-diverse plant system, ecologically informed in its design, and consistent with the heterogeneous mosaic of plant associations found in the local landscape. The project required fine scale planning, new implementation technology and practices, and a well considered long term research component. Nine vegetation associations were identified to defined plant assemblages that reflected specific soil types and landscape positions.

The 250 hectare restoration project is one of the most ambitious projects undertaken, and is a testament to the vision and foresight of the project managers.

The implementation of this restoration project has been published in:
Jonson, J. (2010). Ecological restoration of cleared agricultural land in Gondwana Link: lifting the bar at ‘Peniup’. Ecological Management and Restoration 11, 16-26.

Price per tonne of CO2e [Q30] Varies.

Project Type(s) [Q32] - AfforestationThe direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed. / reforestationThe reestablishment of forest on land that was previously forested but converted to another use before 31.12.1989. with multiple locally occurring species of vegetation - Greening Australia is investigating a range of opportunities that now present under the CFIThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either: - Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or - Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon. The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO2-e including biochar, soil carbon and native forest protection and enhancement projects within this landscape.

Project Location(s) [Q33, Q34]Australia | WA

Project Size (tonnes of CO2e) [Q35] The “Peniup Restoration Project” has a total project area of ~950 hectares, with 290 hectares of newly established biodiverse carbon. This project is expected to yield between 40,000 to 80,000 tonnes of CO2-eA standard measure that takes account of the different global warming potentials of greenhouse gases and expresses the cumulative effect in a common unit. over the next 20-60 years.

[Q32a]- Yes, we operate on private land for interested parties
- Yes, our operations aim to embrace private landholders in select regions
- No, our operations are located on our own land or the land of our partners
- The Peniup Restoration Project is located on land owned and managed by Greening Australia. We are seeking to develop partnerships with a range of landowners throughout the landscape for other projects being initiated in the area.

Quality

[Q36]- 1 Jul 2008[Q37]- The project will seek registeration under the Carbon Farming Initiative with an initial crediting period of 15 years.[Q38]- Projects established in Gondwana Link will seek registration under the Carbon Farming InitiativeThe Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 provides legislation that gives landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives to undertake land sector abatement projects. The scheme will credit the greenhouse gas abatement achieved by either: - Reducing or avoiding emissions, for example, through capture and destruction of methane emissions from landfill or livestock manure; or - Removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees, for example, by growing a forest, or farming in a way that increases soil carbon. The CFI will create credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). One ACCU will equal one tonne of CO₂-e .
[Q41]

- Yes, NCOSThe Commonwealth Government’s National Carbon Offset StandardThe Commonwealth Government’s National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) came into effect on 1 July 2010 coinciding with the cessation of the Government’s Greenhouse Friendly™ program. It is intended to ensure that consumers have confidence in the voluntary carbon offset market and the integrity of the carbon offset and carbon neutral products they purchase. It provides guidance to businesses who wish to make their organisation carbon neutral or develop carbon neutral products in a way that achieves emissions reductions, through the purchase and cancellation of eligible carbon offsets. More Information (NCOS) came into effect on 1 July 2010 coinciding with the cessation of the Government’s Greenhouse Friendly™The Greenhouse Friendly™ initiative operated between 2001 and 30 June 2010. It certified carbon neutral products and services and approved abatement credits for sale on the voluntary market. Applications for new abatement projects have closed. These were not considered eligible offsets under NCOS and could not be retired for the purpose of becoming carbon neutral under the NCOS from 1 July 2010. This situation may change in future as a result of reviews of the NCOS by DCCEE. program. It is intended to ensure that consumers have confidence in the voluntary carbon offset market and the integrity of the carbon offset and carbon neutralA voluntary mechanism where an activity, event, household, business or organisation is responsible for no net emissions of greenhouse gases and can therefore be declared carbon neutral in that specific area. Carbon neutrality can be achieved by reducing emissions as far as possible (e.g. energy efficiency, purchasing renewable energy) and then purchasing offsets for any residual emissions in order to achieve zero net emissions. products they purchase. It provides guidance to businesses who wish to make their organisation carbon neutral or develop carbon neutral products in a way that achieves emissions reductions, through the purchase and cancellation of eligible carbon offsets. More Information eligible offsetA carbon offset is an investment in a project or activity that reduces greenhouse gas (GHGGreenhouse Gases in the earth's atmosphere absorb and re-emit infrared radiation. The Kyoto Protocol lists six major greenhouse gases, which vary in their relative warming effect. The six gases are: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), PFCs (perfluorocarbons) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).) emissions or sequesters carbon from the atmosphere that is used to compensate for GHG emissions from your own activities. For more information see here. units

[Q42]- Greening Australia offers a product that delivers multiple environmental benefits over and above CO2 abatement including: improved biodiversity outcomes; addressing inappropriate land and water use and promoting multiple land uses that provide truly sustainable productive landscapes; removing invasive plant species and managing pest species; and adding value to local communities through enhanced sustainable land management practices and the diversification of farm income.[Q43]- Offset is only sold as verified emission reductions (retrospectively accrued)[Q44]- Our organisations internal registry
[Q45]- Greening Australia will retire ACCUs on behalf of donors for all donations made through our Breathe Easy portal. Our commitment is to retire units within 20 years of the donation. Greening Australia may enter into other arrangements with customers seeking long term supply contracts.[Q46]- Tax Receipt
- Certificate (with amount of abatementA reduction in the amount or intensity of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of actions taken by a company or individual. purchased)