Yarronvale Human-Induced Regeneration Project

The Yarronvale Human-Induced Regeneration Project is a carbon farming initiative located on Yarronvale Station, approximately 25km south of the small locality of Cooladdi and roughly 100km southwest of Charleville in Queensland. Registered in November 2017, the project covers a substantial area of 32,165 hectares within the Murweh Shire. The region is situated in the Warrego District and is historically dominated by pastoral leases used for sheep and cattle grazing.

Operating under the Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) methodology, the project aims to establish permanent native forests on land where vegetation was previously suppressed for at least 10 years. Unlike tree planting projects, HIR relies on assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. The proponents, Betty and Raymond Taylor, achieve this by ceasing mechanical clearing and managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing to allow native vegetation, typically Mulga (Acacia aneura) and associated species, to regenerate and reach forest cover status.

The environment in this part of the Mulga Lands bioregion is classified as semi-arid, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 490mm. The landscape is characterized by red earth soils and sandy loams, which support the native shrublands essential for this regeneration method. Yarronvale Station itself is situated near Cooladdi, a settlement famously known as one of Australia's smallest towns, often centred around its historic "Fox Trap" roadhouse.