Wongalee Mervyndale and Rundalua Forest Regeneration Project

Wongalee Mervyndale and Rundalua Forest Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 100km south-east of Charleville in the Murweh Shire of South West Queensland. It was registered in August 2015 and covers a vast area of 58,602.85 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to allow assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstocks and lignotubers. The standard requirements for this methodology dictate that the land must have been previously cleared of vegetation and that regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement. To achieve regeneration, this project's activities include the cessation of mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth and the careful management of the timing and extent of livestock grazing.

The Murweh Shire region is known for extensive pastoralism, primarily consisting of cattle and sheep grazing operations across Mitchell grass plains and mulga scrublands. The area experiences a semi-arid climate characterised by low, highly variable rainfall, and the local environmental conditions typically feature red earth soils and sandy loams that are well-suited to the native mulga vegetation.

Interestingly, Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated by this project have been purchased by several corporate entities to offset their carbon footprints. For example, Melior Investment Management and various Climate Active certified organisations have retired ACCUs from this project to successfully achieve carbon neutral certification.