Boorokup Restoration Project
Project Overview:
- Recipient: Native Carbon 2
- Location: Cranbook, WA
- Total funding: $540,000
- Project size: 250 hectares
- Estimated ACCUs: 48,000
- Project method: Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings – FullCAM
- Permanence period: 100 years
The 358-ha demonstration site in Cranbrook, WA is establishing best practice through the revegetation of 250 hectares of degraded, low value farmland. Revegetation is being implemented using both direct seeding and hand planting to achieve diverse restoration at-scale.
The project has been designed to meet 5-star ecological restoration on a complex mosaic of soil types in a hydrological ‘at risk’ area by reducing habitat fragmentation between remnant patches of vegetation along the Gordon River.
The project will provide an opportunity for farming groups and individuals to understand localised restoration options for low and non-yielding soils in a hydrological ‘at risk’ area. Baseline and concluding salinity surveys will map the location, extent and severity of salinity, soil electrical conductivity and biomass mapping using satellite imagery.
The project will be co-designed with local Traditional owners. Indigenous Australians including the Binalup Rangers are employed for restoration, delivery and research programs. In addition to Aboriginal economic development, the Project will provide other on-farm co-benefits including salinity mitigation (lowering water table to improve soils), increasing the biodiversity value of revegetation and landscape connectivity.
Project manager Justin Jonson provided an update at the Round 2 Announcement Forum:
Click here to view the Boorokup Restoration Project presentation,
Listen to the audio of the presentation below:
2023 Project Update
Over 210ha have been planted and seeded this year through a combination of direct planting and seeding. The proponent has engaged 10 members of the local Aboriginal Community, the Binalup rangers, who have assisted with planting and fencing (pictured). In 2024, the project aims to infill planting and replant in some areas were waterlogging prevented planting, and in more sandy areas which had a lower-than-expected success rate.
