CO2 Australia - Saltwater Creek Carbon.

Fast facts.

Account ID: AU00011

Registration date: 23 December 2020
Location: Douglas Shire, Queensland
Area: ~45 ha
Assets: Native Vegetation
Method: AfN-METHOD-NV-02
Environmental Account Summary: In development
Information Statement: In development

CO2 Australia has registered the Saltwater Creek Carbon and is currently in the process of developing an Environmental Account to submit for certification.

About the account.

The Saltwater Creek Carbon is a 25-year, $3.74 million collaboration between the Queensland Government and CO2 Australia Limited to deliver improvement in the biodiversity levels, connectivity between remnant native vegetation, and water quality entering the local waterways and reaching the Great Barrier Reef, with added socioeconomic benefits of employment and income generation for the region. The account area is located approximately 15 km NW of Port Douglas, within the Daintree-Bloomfield subregion of the Wet Tropics bioregion of tropical north Queensland. The property is bounded to the west and east by intact tropical rainforest, with contiguous vegetation between the property and the Mossman Gorge section of the Daintree National Park; part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.

Queensland Government fauna database records indicate the confirmed presence of a number of threatened species records within 10 km of the project area, including southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii), spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis), common mistfrog (Litoria rheocola) and tapping green-eyed frog (Litoria serrata); all listed as endangered under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth). This is in addition to no fewer than 25 species of plants listed as threatened species under those same pieces of environmental legislation.

The goal of the account is to monitor and track improvement in biodiversity co-benefits associated with this environmental planting project through the calculation of Native Vegetation Econd®. Ongoing monitoring of the restoration project will be undertaken to help inform management decisions, including Econd® surveys by CO2 Australia ecologists in accordance with the accredited CO2 Australia Native Vegetation Condition Monitoring Method, monitoring and control of weeds. Further opportunities to improve biodiversity co-benefits of the project will continue to be explored for the life of the project, based on the outcomes of Econd® assessments.

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About CO2 Australia.

CO2 Australia helps clients participate in, and benefit from, the carbon market. CO2 Australia has delivered several native regrowth and large scale reforestation projects. Working across diverse landscapes and locations on projects like the 20 Million Trees Programme, CO2 Australia’s approach leads to high tree survival rates, engages community and helps clients meet environmental commitments cost effectively.

CO2 Australia has offices in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the ACT. Their services include:

  • Carbon project development under the Emissions Reduction Fund.

  • Carbon offsetting solutions for organisations wanting to address their greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Design and delivery of biodiverse, large-scale revegetation programs.

  • Development and implementation biodiversity offset programs.

  • Ecological surveying and monitoring programs.

  • Environmental approvals and environmental impact assessments.