Rylstone Forest Regeneration Project (Revoked)

The Rylstone Forest Regeneration Project (Revoked) was a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) carbon offset project located approximately 35 kilometers west of Charleville in South West Queensland. Registered in August 2015 and covering a significant area of nearly 13,000 hectares, the project was situated within the Murweh Shire, a region predominately defined by the Mulga Lands bioregion. The project's proponents, Cameron and Jacqueline Tickell, are associated with the pastoral property "Combanning" on Adavale Road, which aligns with the project's coordinates west of the township.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects in this region focus on regenerating permanent even-aged native forests, typically Mulga (Acacia aneura) or Poplar Box woodlands, on land where regrowth has been suppressed for at least a decade. The methodology requires landholders to cease mechanical clearing and manage grazing pressure to allow native vegetation to recover. The region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with irregular rainfall and red earth or sandy loam soils, making vegetation management critical for both carbon sequestration and pastoral viability.

Notably, this project was revoked in March 2017 under section 33 of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Act, less than two years after its registration. Revocation under this section typically occurs either voluntarily at the request of the proponent or by the regulator if eligibility criteria are no longer met. The project was managed with the assistance of Climate Friendly Pty Ltd, a major carbon service provider in the Australian market.