Land Restoration Fund contracted projects
Saltwater Creek Carbon Project—R1083
Fast facts
- Location
- Miallo, Douglas Shire
- Sector
- Agriculture
- Investment
- $3.74 million
- Proponent
- CO2 Australia Limited
- Duration
- 16 years
- Emissions Reduction Fund project ID
- ERF172943
- Method
- Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings – FullCAM
- Co-benefit status
Pending
- Co-benefits
- Great Barrier Reef
- Threatened ecosystems
- Threatened wildlife
- Native vegetation
- Employment and skills
Project summary
Saltwater Creek Carbon Project is a 16-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 socio-economic benefits of employment and income generation for the region.