Garrawin Gumahah Regeneration Project

Garrawin Gumahah Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located roughly 70km southwest of Cunnamulla in the Paroo Shire of South West Queensland. Registered in August 2015, the project spans an impressive 79,297.70 hectares. The surrounding region is affectionately known as mulga country and is predominantly used for broadacre pastoral operations, primarily sheep and beef cattle grazing.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve regenerating permanent, even-aged native forests by changing land management practices on land where vegetation was cleared and regrowth was actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. For this project, permanent native forests are established through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. To achieve this, the proponents have ceased the mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, actively managed the timing and extent of livestock grazing, and implemented humane feral animal management.

The Cunnamulla and broader Paroo Shire region experiences a hot, semi-arid climate. It typically receives a highly variable average annual rainfall of around 350-400mm, with the summer months bringing most of the reliable rain. Soils in this outback landscape generally consist of red sands, sandy loams, and hard alluvial clays.

Interestingly, Garrawin Station is part of the extensive SLM Pastoral Portfolio. Managed by global asset managers SLM Partners, the property has been integrated into a large-scale grass-fed beef enterprise utilizing regenerative cell grazing. The initial acquisition of these properties was backed by institutional investors, including the Danish pension fund PKA. Through strategic rest-and-rotation grazing and significant infrastructure development, the land's drought resilience, water infiltration, and perennial grass base have vastly improved. In early 2025, Garrawin was included in a nearly 285,000-hectare portfolio offering expected to fetch over $120 million, highlighted as a turnkey regenerative grazing enterprise with established carbon revenue streams. Additionally, registry notes show a variation was made to the project in March 2016 to add further land areas into the carbon project.