Expression of Interest
Revegetation for Carbon Income and Biodiversity
Liverpool Plains Shire Council has teamed up with its Sister City, Blacktown City Council on the innovative carbon trading project, Regenesis. Council seeks expressions of interest from landholders in Liverpool Plains Shire who wish to find out how planting trees can enable them to earn income from the capture and storage of carbon and simultaneously enhance biodiversity on their properties.
What does Regenesis offer landholders?
Regenesis can advise landholders on how to undertake plantings, link landholders with a wide range of resources and suppliers and can assist with planting costs for landholders who meet certain criteria. Regenesis offers clear information to allow landholders an easy pathway to carbon trading.
How does Regenesis assess projects?
Expressions of Interest will be assessed in accordance with the Regenesis site selection criteria. This criterion ensures that plantings can be counted for carbon whilst simultaneously delivering improvements to biodiversity and other environmental benefits. To find out more about the range of benefits or how Regenesis may be able to assist you, please contact:
Information Documents for Download
Landholder Expression of Interest - Information for Land Holders - Regenesis Brochure
Gary Roughley
Regenesis Project Officer 67 464509
P.O. Box 152
Quirindi 2343
gary.roughley@lpsc.nsw.gov.au
Regenesis Project
Information for Landholders Interested in Earning Carbon Income
The Regenesis Project aims to assist landholders in the Liverpool Plains Shire to enter the carbon market by providing personalised and unbiased advice and some tree seedlings. To be eligible the following conditions must be met:
ü The site must have been clear of trees (<20% canopy cover) on the 31st December 1989
ü Revegetation must be “human induced”. Planting, direct seeding and management changes such as fencing to promote regeneration from remnant trees are all valid revegetation methods.
ü The revegetated area must occupy a minimum of 0.2 ha (0.5acres)
ü The minimum width of the revegetated area must be 10m (canopy cover at maturity)
ü Trees must be a minimum of 2m high at maturity
ü Be prepared to have carbon sequestration rights registered over the land title
ü Be prepared to retain the carbon (i.e. trees) for 100 years after the last payment is made
ü A legal covenant must be prepared to retain the trees for 100 years In addition, plantings under the Regenesis Project are preferably to use local native species to
ensure that local biodiversity is maintained or enhanced.
For further information contact:
The Regenesis Project recognizes that there are many reasons why landholders may wish to become involved in revegetation. We have provided a list of possible reasons you might revegetate part of your property:
Windbreak plantings.The main intention is to provide shelter for your stock and/ or crops. Biodiversity and carbon sequestration income are secondary considerations.
Riparian revegetation. Fencing off river/ creek banks to allow natural rehabilitation and/ or planting of desirable riparian species. A wide strip along the river/ creek has greater biodiversity benefits. Plantings could be designed with the assistance of Namoi CMA staff.
Water table / Salinity management. Planting of vegetation to intercept sub surface water flows from higher in the landscape to reduce the impact of salt springs and raising water tables.
Revegetation of steep hillsides. Subdivision fencing to exclude stock from steeper country to allow natural revegetation if there are sufficient “mother” trees remaining. Alternatively revegetation can be done by planting seedlings. Occasional grazing may be a management option once vegetation has grown sufficiently.
Recruitment within and/ or expansion of remnant vegetation.
Many trees in the landscape are mature or are old and in decline. Consider fencing off remnant vegetation within a larger paddock to allow recruitment of replacement trees and shrubs within the existing woodland/ forest and on the margins of the remnant vegetation. Allow at least one tree height from margin of remnant woodland to fence. Note only natural regeneration outside the remnant vegetation can be counted for carbon sequestration.
Revegetation of drainage lines.I
n cropping country cultivation often ceases at drainage lines to protect those drainage lines from erosion during storm events. In some situations it may be possible to plant the sides of these drainage lines with trees provided groundcover is not likely to be reduced. In this situation erosion control is the primary objective but Regenesis can help to facilitate some income from such plantings.
Biodiversity plantings.
The main intention of biodiversity planting is to re-create, as closely as possible, the plant community that was originally on the site. Carbon sequestration income is a secondary consideration.
Carbon sequestration plantings.
The main intention of carbon sequestration plantings is to generate income from carbon sequestration. To achieve this, trees are spaced relatively close and fewer species are selected. However local species must still be used. Each of the above scenarios can qualify for Carbon income for landholders provided the conditions outlined on the previous page are met.
Contact details
Gary Roughley
02 67461755 (ph)
02 67463255 (fax)
gary.roughley@lpsc.nsw.gov.au