Tambua Regeneration Project

Tambua Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Tambua Station near Cobar in western New South Wales. It was registered in August 2015 and covers an extensive 57,460.55 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent even-aged native forests by removing suppressive activities that prevent natural regrowth. Standard requirements include managing livestock, ceasing previous mechanical clearing practices, or controlling feral animals to allow native trees to regenerate naturally from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers.

The Cobar region is well known for pastoral land uses, particularly cattle and sheep grazing for fine quality wool. The area is classified as semi-arid with low annual rainfall, and local soils generally consist of red earths, sandy loams, and clay loams.

This project was established to restore native forests on land that had been historically cleared for agriculture and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. To achieve this, project activities focus on the humane management of feral animals to reduce destructive grazing pressures. Tambua Station has been owned and operated by the Evans family for over 100 years across five generations. Implementing this carbon project has provided the family with supplementary income to overcome financial hardships, droughts, and bushfires. In January 2022, the project successfully varied its methodology to Compilation No. 3 of the Human-Induced Regeneration determination to align with the latest regulatory framework.