Kalkadoon and Old Cork Human-Induced Regeneration Project (Revoked)

The Kalkadoon and Old Cork Human-Induced Regeneration Project (Revoked) was a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 130km southwest of Winton in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland. The project was registered in March 2017 and covered a vast area of nearly 136,549 hectares across the "Kalkadoon" and "Old Cork" pastoral stations. The project was voluntarily revoked in October 2019 under section 30 of the CFI Rule, following the termination or lapsing of its carbon abatement contract (CAC777975) a year prior.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating native forest on land where vegetation has been suppressed for at least 10 years. In this region, this typically involves controlling grazing pressure from livestock (cattle) and feral animals to allow native species like Gidyea or Eucalypts to recover to forest status.

The project area sits within the semi-arid Mitchell Grass Downs and Channel Country bioregions. The environment is characterized by hot summers, low and highly variable rainfall, and soils that are predominantly heavy cracking clays and alluvial plains associated with the Diamantina River system. The "Old Cork" station itself is a well-known historical site in the region, featuring homestead ruins that date back to the 1870s, illustrating the long history of pastoral grazing in this remote landscape.