Gidgegannup Biodiverse Carbon Project

Video: Filmed as part of the project launch in 2022.

[Reading Time 3 minutes 20 seconds] This article was originally published in October 2022, updated March 2026

Biologic’s Gidgegannup Biodiverse Carbon Project is located about 1 hour north-east of Perth and shares its northern and western boundary with Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary. The property covers approximately 60 hectares, of which around half has been cleared and used for light grazing. The remnant vegetation comprises marri-jarrah woodland and provides food and habitat for several species, including the endangered Carnaby’s white-tailed cockatoo.

Biologic’s Gidgegannup Biodiverse Carbon Project was founded to restore biodiversity, engage local communities and capture carbon, whilst embody our commitment to the environment and an end goal of real and measurable outcomes in relation to a low carbon and nature positive future.

What’s happened?

Our original plan for the property was to revegetate the cleared areas using native seeds and plants that are important cultural plants to the Whadjuk Noongar people, and register this for carbon credits to offset our Company’s emissions. We have to date planted about four hectares of land using about 50 species of plants, with both direct tubestock planting and seeding.

We’ve learnt a lot and had various levels of success with the plantings, which the main challenges associated with kangaroo grazing, soil type and permeability, and rainfall.

Twice annually we have been quadrat sampling monitoring the growth of our plantings and have also undertaken research on the soil microbiome using eDNA.

Understanding soil health is important for planning of our plantings, and to understand changes and improvement in soil health following the re-establishment of native vegetation. It is our hope that this technique can be used for environmental accounting and nature credits in the future – after all, around 60% of biodiversity lives in the soil.

The property is also regularly used for training and capability building for Biologic’s 140 odd staff of botanist, zoologist, and restoration ecologists. Providing hands on opportunities for our field teams to practise surveying, sampling and data collection techniques. Various vegetation sampling and fauna trapping techniques have been completed across the property for trialling and training.

While small scale planting events have supported establishment, the core purpose of the Gidgegannup Biodiverse Carbon Project is strategic and scientific: learning by doing, improving restoration outcomes and shaping the future of biodiverse carbon projects at scale.

What’s next?

We are currently developing plans for a seed farm and to undertake research on seed ecology for species not yet able to be incorporated into restoration projects, but are critical species for rare or threatened animals or have important cultural value.

The site is also being used for research by Biologic’s Heidi Mippy for her PhD titled Korl Koorliny – Reimaging Landscape Restoration & Food Production Systems through Noongar Food & Medicine Plants.