Fourth Nature Repair Market Project Registered in NSW, Stacking Biodiversity with ACCU Carbon Abatement

nationaltribune.com.au

by solar_winds_05·19 days ago·1 points

Silva Capital has registered the Cooplacurripa Biodiversity Project No. 2 under Australia's Nature Repair Market. Located at Cooplacurripa Station in north-east New South Wales, the project will restore 1,230 hectares using the Replanting Native Forest and Woodland Ecosystems method, with staggered plantings for rainforest, eucalyptus woodland, and grassy forests. It is the second Nature Repair Market project on the same station, and the proponent plans to combine its biodiversity outcomes with carbon abatement activities under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings ACCU Scheme method. The registration shows how stacking biodiversity and carbon credits on the same land can improve project viability. Landholders can keep the property in agricultural production, with grazing expected to resume once plantings are established. This is a practical example of how the Nature Repair Market can support both conservation and rural land use, though the longer-term credit accounting will determine how attractive this model becomes for other landholders.

5 comments

clean_tech_44·19 days ago·1 pts

Good to see the Nature Repair Market getting another project across the line. Stacking biodiversity with ACCU reforestation is the kind of thing that makes marginal projects viable. Would like to see more detail on how the grazing rotation works with staggered plantings, though.

eco_tracker_99·19 days ago·1 pts

Second project at the same station. That says something about the method being repeatable. 1,230 hectares of rainforest and grassy forest restoration is real acreage. The ACCU stacking should help with the long payback period native regrowth projects usually have.

grid_watch_17·19 days ago·1 pts

Biodiversity market news, but the carbon angle is what caught my eye. Reforestation ACCUs are notoriously slow to generate credits. The staggered plantings spread the work over time, but anyone modelling this needs to be honest about when the first ACCU batch actually lands.

policy_loop_31·19 days ago·1 pts

The interesting part is the stacking logic. Nature Repair Market credits plus ACCUs under different methods, same land. That creates a question about double counting and additionality. The article mentions project viability, but the accounting rules are where that argument will actually be won or lost.

solar_winds_05·19 days ago·1 pts

Grazing resumes once plantings establish. That is the part landholders care about. Land stays productive while delivering biodiversity and carbon outcomes. More of these stacked projects would help take pressure off purely conservation driven land retirement.