Wyuna Downs Regrowth Project (Revoked)

Wyuna Downs Regrowth Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located near Byrock, approximately 75km southeast of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. It was registered in August 2015 and covers 12,128.61 ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to encourage natural forest regrowth. Standard methodology requirements dictate that the target land must be capable of reaching native forest cover, which is facilitated by project activities such as excluding livestock and humanely managing feral animals to allow in-situ seed sources, like rootstock and lignotubers, to regenerate.

The Bourke and Byrock region is largely known for broadacre pastoral operations, primarily extensive sheep and cattle grazing. The environment features a hot, semi-arid climate with a relatively low average annual rainfall of approximately 350-400mm. Soils across this section of the Cobar Peneplain generally consist of red chromosols and kandosols (characterised by red sandy loams over clay subsoils), as well as red sands and granitic soils.

This project was specifically established on land that had been heavily cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was actively suppressed for at least 10 years before the project's commencement. However, the operation was relatively short-lived; the proponent voluntarily cancelled the project, and it was officially revoked on 19 February 2018 under Section 30 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule.