Poon Boon Regeneration Project

Poon Boon Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 50km northwest of Cobar in central New South Wales. It was registered in August 2015 and covers an area of 11,798.59 hectares. The broader Cobar region is largely comprised of rangelands and is heavily utilised for agriculture, particularly sheep and goat grazing, alongside dryland cereal cropping and copper mining.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests by changing land management practices to allow for assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. A standard requirement for this methodology type is that the regenerating native forest must have the potential to achieve a forest cover density, which is defined as having at least 20% crown cover and trees reaching a height of at least 2 metres. For this specific project, the primary activity is the humane management of feral animals on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth had been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.

The environment of the Cobar area is classified as semi-arid, typically experiencing a median annual rainfall of around 390mm, though precipitation can be highly variable. The soil types in the region predominantly consist of grey and brown Vertosols (cracking clays) and red Chromosols (red silty loams). These soils support rangeland grazing but can be sensitive to environmental degradation and loss of condition under heavy grazing pressure.

In September 2024, the project underwent a participant name variation, transitioning from Rodney Charles Boal and Kaylene Dulcie Boal to Rodney Charles Boal as the sole named proponent, while climate advisory firm Climate Friendly Pty Ltd remains involved as an additional participant. The project has also participated in voluntary transparency initiatives, including a Voluntary Carbon Estimation Area (CEA) Data Release which identified the actively mapped CEA area at 8,131 hectares. Additionally, the project holds an active fixed-delivery carbon abatement contract with the Clean Energy Regulator to deliver Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).