- Round 3 Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program recipients announced
- More than $3.2 million delivered to WA farming projects to enhance climate resilience
- Cook Government driving carbon farming investment to help farmers increase productivity and sustainability
The Cook Government will invest more than $3.2 million to support Western Australian farmers establish carbon farming projects under the latest round of the Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program.
Funding will support six reforestation projects, which utilise less productive land to protect surrounding agricultural land, and twosoil carbon projects.
The eight projectsspan more than 7,300 hectares and are set to remove a projected 395,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 25 years.
Through the program, applicants are encouraged to engage Indigenous service providers and Natural Resource Management groups in their projects to provide economic, environmental and cultural co-benefits.
Successful projects include the Locherbie Carbon Project, a 55-hectare reforestation project on Bronwen O’Sullivan’s property in Cuballing, which will connect remnant vegetation in 14 planting areas and re-establish habitat in the Dryandra Woodland for native fauna such as numbats.
The Kunmallup Tree Project will drive 232 hectares of biodiverse plantings across low productivity land on Bindi Murray’s Woodanilling farm to provide cover, connect remnant vegetation with nearby reserves, and reduce salinity.
Both projects will engage South West Natural Resource Management as a service provider to help deliver the projects.
In the Wheatbelt, the Rogers Agri Land Restoration Program will lead a large-scale integrated soil carbon and reforestation project on a South Tammin grazing enterprise. The reforestation portion will support regeneration while the soil carbon component will increase soil biological activity, reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers.
This project will be delivered with Noongar Land Enterprise Group.
The remaining projects will undertake a range of regeneration or soil carbon activities to improve soil health, enhance climate resilience and boost productivity.
Four of the recipients developed their carbon farming project plans with support from the Cook Government’s Carbon for Farmers Voucher Program.
For a full list of projects funded by the Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program, visit .
As stated by Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis:
“The Cook Government continues to drive carbon farming investment to advance on-ground projects that help farmers adapt to have more productive, sustainable and profitable farming systems.
“Carbon farming projects offer income diversification opportunities for farmers, along with a range of environmental and community benefits, and it is fantastic to see many of these projects utilise the expertise and knowledge of Indigenous service providers and local land care groups.
“The scale and diversity of these projects demonstrates carbon farming can integrate with ongoing farming activities and increase climate resilience and sustainability.”
