Kinchela Regeneration Project

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

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve changing land management practices to allow native vegetation to regenerate and achieve forest cover. Standard requirements include ceasing the mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, and controlling feral animals in a humane manner. This project establishes permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, on land that was cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing.

The Bourke area is known predominantly for semi-arid pastoral operations, particularly sheep and cattle grazing. The region experiences a semi-arid climate with low rainfall, and local soils generally consist of red sandy loams and clay soils.

Notably, in February 2016, the Clean Energy Regulator issued a notice requiring the project's proponents, John Cliveden Bull and John Henry Bull, to relinquish 1,496 Non-Kyoto Australian Carbon Credit Units (NKACCUs). Later, in August 2023, the project method was updated to compilation No. 3 of the 2013 Human-Induced Regeneration methodology determination. The project has also been referenced in independent academic assessments tracking woody cover fraction trends across the Australian carbon market.