CO2 Australia - Human-Induced Regeneration Project - Stage 6 (Revoked)

CO2 Australia - Human-Induced Regeneration Project - Stage 6 (Revoked) was a carbon sequestration project located near the town of Peak Hill, approximately 50km north of Parkes in the Central West region of New South Wales. Registered in November 2017, the project covered a notably small area of just 1.04 hectares. The surrounding Peak Hill region is a well-known agricultural hub, primarily utilised for merino sheep grazing and wheat cropping. The environment is characterised by a semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 560mm and soils that typically consist of red earths and clay loams.

The project operated under the Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) methodology. This method involves regenerating permanent native forests on land where vegetation growth has been suppressed for at least 10 years, usually by agricultural activities like overgrazing. The primary activity for this project was the exclusion of livestock to allow the native forest to regenerate from in-situ seed sources such as rootstock and lignotubers.

On June 23, 2022, the project was revoked under section 30 of the CFI Rule, which indicates a voluntary revocation by the proponent. The specific naming convention ("Stage 6") and the unusually small size (1.04 ha) for an HIR project, which typically spans thousands of hectares, suggest this may have been a pilot site, a specific offset arrangement, or part of a larger aggregated portfolio that was subsequently rationalized or discontinued. No Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) appear to have been issued for this specific stage prior to its revocation.