Why support this project?
Located in the Mulga lands bioregion of South West Queensland, TEM’s human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects are regenerating native vegetation through changes in land management practices. This includes ending widespread vegetation clearing, sustainably managing grazing livestock and humanely controlling pest animals, such as feral goats and pigs frequently travel to the projects, implement fire and pest species management activities, and foster strong personable relationships with agistees, who help manage the livestock on the properties. TEM’s projects also all maintain 100-year permanence periods which ensure the carbon sequestered, as well as the restored ecosystems and habitats, are conserved beyond our lifetimes.
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Who we work with
Located in the Mulga lands bioregion of South West Queensland, TEM’s human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects are regenerating native vegetation through changes in land management practices. This includes ending widespread vegetation clearing, sustainably managing grazing livestock and humanely controlling pest animals, such as feral goats and pigs frequently travel to the projects, implement fire and pest species management activities, and foster strong personable relationships with agistees, who help manage the livestock on the properties. TEM’s projects also all maintain 100-year permanence periods which ensure the carbon sequestered, as well as the restored ecosystems and habitats, are conserved beyond our lifetimes.
Carbon Impact
This portfolio of TEM-managed HIR projects has issued nearly 300,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) since the projects’ registrations in 2021 and early 2022. The permanence period for the projects is 100 years, meaning that extra measures are in place to make sure the carbon is stored for at least 100 years.
What sets TEM’s Native Forest Regeneration Projects apart?
TEM-managed HIR projects involve the implementation of multiple eligible activities, rather than a single activity. Activities are selected on the basis that they are necessary to stop the suppression of native regrowth. TEM’s projects typically include a combination of the following activities:
- permanently ceasing mechanical or chemical destruction, or suppression, of regrowth;
- management of the timing and the extent of grazing; and
- humanely managing pest animals (such as goats or pigs).
TEM’s HIR projects are developed in areas subject to historical vegetation clearing and suppression of regrowth. Carbon Estimation Areas (CEAs) do not include pre-existing mature woody vegetation.
Further, all TEM HIR projects are subject to a 100-year permanence period, rather than 25 years. This means the carbon stored in a project must be maintained for 100 years, and sequestration is regarded as permanent.
Community and Biodiversity Impact
TEM works with members of the local community to carry out project activities and contribute to project outcomes. By allowing the land to naturally regenerate, the projects help ensure long-term productivity of the land; this is monitored by TEM staff both remotely and in person. Some projects in the portfolio are located within the Mulga Lands Bioregion, an area of high biodiversity significance that includes sections of a biodiversity corridor, important wetlands, and essential habitat for koalas and other threatened species. Management activities implemented at this project focus on maximising both carbon sequestration and biodiversity outcomes.
Real and Lasting Impact:
Permanence: HIR project activities must generate permanent removals of GHG emissions. This requires that the carbon sequestered and stored in regenerated biomass will not be released due to unmitigated risk factors including wildfire, extreme weather events, over-grazing and feral animal proliferation. TEM’s HIR projects take extensive action to mitigate risks to the permanence of GHG emissions removals and are subject to a permanence period of 100 years.
Additionality: A project is additional if the GHG emissions removals would not occur without the implementation of the project activities. HIR projects take place on land where native forest growth has been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the commencement of project activities (the baseline period). HIR projects should demonstrate that land management changes, including the immediate cessation of native forest clearing, would not have occurred without the intervention of the HIR project. Furthermore, HIR projects should demonstrate to the regulator that land management changes are not required by Local, State or Federal Law.
Leakage: In the context of HIR projects, leakage refers to the risk that the commencement of HIR project activities in a Carbon Estimation Area (CEA) leads to a measurable decline in forest cover and emissions increases outside the CEA. TEM manages the entire property (CEAs and non-CEAs) with the intention to conserve and protect environmental values. Grazing across the entire property is being managed through sustainable grazing practices, significantly reducing the risk of leakage at the property level.
SDGs: The project meets the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
