Darling River Eco Corridor #32

Darling River Eco Corridor #32 is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 50km northwest of Bourke in the Far West region of New South Wales. Registered in November 2017, the project covers a substantial area of 19,847 hectares within the Bourke Shire Council local government area. The surrounding region is part of the Mulga Lands bioregion, a semi-arid landscape traditionally utilized for extensive rangeland grazing of sheep, cattle, and goats.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects under the Carbon Farming Initiative differ from standard environmental plantings as they do not involve manually planting trees. Instead, this methodology relies on assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, which have been historically suppressed by land management activities. To achieve carbon credits, the proponent (Terra Carbon) implements management changes, specifically controlling feral animals (often goats) and managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, to allow native vegetation to recover and reach forest status.

The environment in this district is classified as semi-arid, typically receiving low and variable rainfall averaging between 300mm and 350mm annually. The soil composition in this specific location, given its proximity to the Darling River catchment, generally consists of grey and brown cracking clays on the floodplains, transitioning to red earths and sandy loams on the surrounding ridges. This project is part of a larger aggregation known as the "Darling River Eco Corridor," a landscape-scale initiative by GreenCollar aimed at creating a contiguous zone of protected vegetation along the upper catchments of the river system.