Urana Regeneration Project

Urana Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located approximately 55km south of Morven within the Murweh Shire of South West Queensland. It was registered in October 2015 and covers 14,640.41ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. This requires changing land management practices to cease activities that previously suppressed natural regrowth.

The Morven area is heavily known for its extensive livestock operations, primarily focusing on cattle and sheep grazing. The region is characterised by a semi-arid climate with low and highly variable rainfall, and the soils are generally red earths, sandy loams, and clay loams typical of the Mulga Lands.

This project establishes permanent native forests by strategically managing the timing and extent of grazing, alongside the humane management of feral animals. These activities remove suppressants on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth had been actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. Notably, the project's participant structure was updated in 2017 to operate under Urana Carbon Farming Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Crook-King Family Trust. In 2022, it was upgraded to Compilation 3 of the HIR methodology, and the project currently holds a Fixed Delivery Carbon Abatement Contract to supply over 300,000 ACCUs to the government.