Aqua Downs Station Regeneration Project

Aqua Downs Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Aqua Downs Station, approximately 130km from Charleville in Queensland. It was registered in August 2015 and covers an area of 24,116.28 ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to encourage natural tree growth. This specific project achieves this by ceasing the mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, allowing for assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources (such as rootstock and lignotubers) on land that had been cleared and suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project.

The Murweh Shire region is traditionally known for large-scale sheep and cattle grazing operations. The area experiences a semi-arid climate with low rainfall, and soils are generally a mix of red, brown, and grey cracking clays and sandy loams that naturally support mulga vegetation.

Aqua Downs Station has a rich pastoral history and was managed in the 1950s by Richard Boyer, a prominent grazier and future Australian Broadcasting Corporation board member. Today, the property successfully integrates carbon farming, and its generated Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) have been utilized by major corporate buyers like Cognizant to meet their climate action targets.