Mount Sandy Conservation

The Coorong National Park and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert are the meeting point where the Murray Australia's largest river, with a catchment of over one million square kilometers feeds into the Southern Ocean. Part of South Australia's Limestone Coast, this region features some of the country's most breathtaking landscapes. However, land surrounding these national treasures has been largely cleared for agriculture. The carbon credits generated are certified by Gold Standard and the project is certified by EcoAustralia.

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Mount Sandy Conservation promotes partnerships for conservation between Traditional Landowners and non-Indigenous Australians through vital conservation work

The Coorong National Park and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert are the meeting point where the Murray Australia‘s largest river, with a catchment of over one million square kilometers feeds into the Southern Ocean. Part of South Australia’s Limestone Coast, this region features some of the country’s most breathtaking landscapes. However, land surrounding these national treasures has been largely cleared for agriculture. The carbon credits generated are certified by Gold Standard and the project is certified by EcoAustralia.

About EcoAustralia

EcoAustralia is a stapled product that blends carbon credits with biodiversity protection, including in the the Mount Sandy Conservation. Each EcoAustralia credit consists of one Australian Biodiversity Unit, equal to 1.5m2 of government-accredited, permanently protected Australian vegetation, and 1 tCO2e of avoided emissions from a Gold Standard certified project.

 

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  • Australia
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • EcoAustralia

Sustainable Development Goals

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for Indigenous Ngarrindjeri Australians

Gold Standard Carbon Credits

stapled to each government accredited Australian Biodiversity Unit purchased from Mount Sandy, meeting stringent standards for NCOS Climate Active eligibility

200 hectares of strategic habitat

protected and registered on the South Australian Native Vegetation Council Credit Register

Partnerships for Reconciliation

between non-Indigenous Australians and Ngarrindjeri Traditional Owners for conservation management

The Solution

Located on the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people, Traditional Custodians of the Coorong, Mount Sandy is a rare pocket of intact native vegetation in a region now dominated by farmlands. The 200-hectare project site features a unique mix of coastal shrublands and saline swamplands that provide strategic habitat for iconic native wildlife, such as the short-beaked echidna, purple-gaped honeyeater and elegant parrot.
Over thousands of years, the Ngarrindjeri people have cared for Coorong country, developing an intimate connection to the land that sustains them. Project management itself is made possible through close collaboration with local Ngarrindjeri Elders, Clyde and Rose Rigney, who oversee the ongoing management and conservation of vegetation at the Mount Sandy site.
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The Impact

The Mount Sandy project ensures permanent protection for a regionally and culturally important pocket of biodiversity-rich land in partnership with its Traditional Owners. Local birds, animals and plants flourish undisturbed, while native plants for revegetation will be supplied by the local nursery at Raukkan Aboriginal Community, a self-governed Indigenous community 50 kilometres northwest of the project site.
Raukkan community members are also employed for onsite works including vegetation monitoring and mapping, fencing, and pest and weed control.
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