Miden Regeneration Project

Miden Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 65km southeast of the township of Louth and 90km southwest of Bourke in Western New South Wales. Registered in July 2015, the project covers a substantial area of 7,183 hectares within the Bourke Shire Council region.

The project operates in the Western Division rangelands, an area historically dominated by extensive grazing operations for sheep, cattle, and goats. The local environment is classified as semi-arid, typically receiving low and variable rainfall averaging between 300mm and 350mm annually. The landscape is characterized by red earth and loamy soils typical of the Mulga Lands bioregion, supporting vegetation such as Mulga (Acacia aneura), Bimble Box, and native grasses.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects in this context involve implementing management changes to allow native forests to regenerate on land where regrowth was previously suppressed. For the Miden Regeneration Project, this specifically involves managing the timing and extent of grazing pressure, likely through rotational grazing or exclusion periods, and controlling feral animals such as goats, which are a major threat to young tree saplings in the region.

The project is undertaken by the Kennerley family (Evelyne Kennerley and Arthur Kennerley) with the assistance of carbon service provider Select Carbon Pty Ltd. Notably, the project holds a carbon abatement contract with the Australian Government to deliver over 65,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) over its contract period.