Contributors to the report were scientists from the University of Western Australia and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia. Seven regions and more than 1000 sites were selected according to soil type, land use and climate scenarios. The assessment of the potential for CO₂ storage is considered crucial for determining which agricultural regions can be used to help mitigate increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentrations.

The initial data were taken from soil depths of 0-30 centimetres and models were used to assess how the different depths could store CO₂. Whereas it was found that the top 10 centimetres were relatively saturated, the soil below, however, showed an additional storage capacity of 5-45%. It was also found that the gap between actual and attainable organic carbon stock values decreases as rainfall increases.

The complete report can be downloaded here.