Wandoo Springs Soil Carbon Project
Project Overview:
- Location: Trigwell (Boyanup)
- Total funding: $172,000
- Recipient: Trustee for Vermac Trust
- Project size: 762 hectares
- Estimated ACCUs: 73,646
- Project method: Estimating soil organic carbon sequestration using measurement and models method.
This project will improve soil health and increase soil organic carbon stocks on land used for raising beef and sheep at Wandoo Springs, an 847ha property in Trigwell, WA. The project will install fencing, dams, pipes and troughs to increase the number of paddocks on the property. This will enable Holistic Grazing Management to be implemented, which will see an altering of stocking rate, intensity and duration of grazing, resulting in 100% ground cover, 100% of the time.
This project will demonstrate how adopting Holistic Grazing Management allows a build-up of soil organic carbon, leading to improved pasture growth. It will demonstrate how improving soil carbon can enhance soil microbial health, leading to improved pasture biomass/diversity and enhanced livestock production.
