Urana Regeneration Project

The Urana Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project situated in the Mulga Lands of southern Queensland. Specifically, it is located within the Murweh Shire, approximately 85km southwest of the town of Mitchell and roughly 100km east of Charleville. Registered in October 2015, the project covers a substantial area of 14,640 hectares. The project is managed by Urana Carbon Farming Pty Ltd, serving as the trustee for the Crook-King Family Trust, with Climate Friendly Pty Ltd acting as the service provider.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects focus on restoring native forest cover through changes in land management rather than active planting. For this specific project, the primary activity is managing the timing and extent of grazing by livestock and controlling feral animals. These interventions allow suppressed vegetation, specifically native species present in the soil as rootstock or lignotubers, to regenerate into a permanent even-aged forest. The methodology requires the land to have been cleared and regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project start date.

The region surrounding the project is traditionally dominated by sheep and cattle grazing operations. Environmentally, the area is classified as semi-arid, characterized by irregular rainfall averaging between 400mm and 500mm annually. The soil profile in this part of the Maranoa and Warrego districts typically consists of Kandosols, red and yellow massive earths with sandy to loamy topsoils that grade into porous sandy-clay subsoils. These soils support vegetation types such as Mulga (Acacia aneura) and Poplar Box woodlands, which are resilient to the dry conditions but require careful management to prevent degradation.

The project has secured a carbon abatement contract (CAC696434) with the Australian Government, committing to deliver over 300,000 tonnes of abatement, a significant portion of which has already been supplied. Notably, the proponent, Urana Carbon Farming Pty Ltd, also manages the nearby Eversfield Forest Regeneration Project (ERF172867), suggesting a consolidated approach to carbon farming by the Crook-King family in this district.