Kinchela Regeneration Project

Kinchela Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Kinchela, approximately 40km south of Bourke in New South Wales. It was registered in July 2014 and covers 13,130.09 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve changing land management practices to regenerate native vegetation and achieve a permanent even-aged native forest. To meet the methodology's standard requirements, these projects typically must reach a forest cover definition, which generally means achieving a tree height of at least 2 metres and a crown cover of at least 20%. The Kinchela project establishes these permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources (such as rootstock and lignotubers). This occurs on land that was cleared of vegetation and where regrowth had been actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. Key activities include ceasing the mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, carefully managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, and the humane management of feral animals.

The Bourke region is historically characterized by large pastoral leases used for sheep and cattle grazing. Situated in a semi-arid climate, the area experiences low annual rainfall and hot conditions. Soils on the Kinchela property are typically sandy and red loam, featuring areas of Mulga country, woody shrubs, and open box swamps.

An interesting note about this project is that in February 2016, the Clean Energy Regulator issued a notice requiring the project proponents, John Cliveden Bull and John Henry Marshall Bull, to relinquish 1,496 Non-Kyoto Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Additionally, the project's methodology was updated in August 2023 to a newer iteration (Compilation No. 3) of the Human-Induced Regeneration determination.