Carbon Estate Project – Murrin Bridge Local Aboriginal Land Council
In one of the first projects of its kind, CO2 Australia worked with the New South Wales (NSW) Aboriginal Local Land Council to revegetate 220 hectares of degraded land as part of a forest carbon project now returning revenues back to the Traditional Owners of the project land.
The project is located near the Murrin Bridge Aboriginal community, 320 kilometres south of Dubbo, NSW. Most of the Indigenous people at Murrin Bridge can trace their roots back to the Ngiyampaa and Barkindji tribes and the community is seen as a ‘Koori place’ rather than that of one particular tribal group. CO2 Australia employs Traditional Owners in the project monitoring for this and data collection for other projects in regional NSW.
Client
NSW Aboriginal Land Council
Location
Murrin Bridge, Lake Cargelligo, NSW
Dates
2010 – 2035
Industry
Carbon, Aboriginal Land Council
Services
Project registration, management, tree measurement, reporting, land management
Key benefits
Employment and revenue generation for Traditional Owners
220 ha of degraded land revegetated to forest
25 years of land management and conservation
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