Darling River Eco Corridor 21 (Revoked)

Darling River Eco Corridor 21 (Revoked) is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located approximately 70km southwest of Cobar in western New South Wales. It was registered in July 2015 and covers 6,154.49 ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve changing land management practices to allow native forests to naturally regenerate from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. To qualify, the land must have been previously cleared of vegetation with regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing.

The Cobar region is known for vast rangeland grazing of sheep, cattle, and feral goats. The area is considered semi-arid with low, variable rainfall, and soils are generally red earths (Kandosols), sandy loams, and skeletal soils on the ridges.

This project was set up to promote native regeneration by actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and humanely controlling feral animals. Interestingly, the project was originally named the "Ours Human-Induced Regeneration Project", referring to the local "Ours" pastoral station on which it is located. The project was managed by Terra Carbon Pty Limited (a subsidiary of GreenCollar) as part of a landscape-scale aggregation aiming to create contiguous habitat corridors across the Darling River catchment. The project was voluntarily revoked under section 30 of the CFI Rule in December 2017.