Bell River Catchment
Restoration Economics: Unlocking Small-Scale Environmental Planting Potential in NSW
Overview
The Bell River & Molong Creek catchments covers 187,784 ha encompassing the towns of Molong and Stuart Town
Public Land
The public land estate (National Parks and State Forest) represent 1,929 ha or 1% of the catchment area on the eastern and southern boundaries
Carbon Yields
Environmental Plantings (Block Configuration) yields vary across the Catchment from 5.8 – 33.0 ACCUs / ha / yr, averaged over a 25- year crediting period.
Source: CSIRO FullCAM 2020 Modelling
Carbon Target Areas
Areas which exceed 10 ACCUs / Ha / yr are proposed to be the target carbon areas for the project.
10 ACCUs / Ha / yr equates to a gross margin of approximately $600 / ha, which is the point at which carbon yields typically overtake grazing yields.
This assumption will be tested as part of the project.
Source: Renovo Ag
Target Properties
424 properties containing carbon yielding areas greater than 10 ACCUs / ha / yr exist in the catchment.
These represent the target properties for the project.
Statistics
