Darling River Eco Corridor #39

Darling River Eco Corridor #39 is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located north-west of White Cliffs in the Channel Country bioregion of outback New South Wales. It was registered in May 2018 and covers an expansive 23,555.66 ha. The White Cliffs region is historically known for pastoral grazing operations. The area experiences a harsh semi-arid to arid climate, with environmental conditions predominantly characterized by hilly, undulating stony terrain alongside clay and alluvial floodplains.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests by altering land management practices to allow native vegetation to regenerate naturally. For this project, regeneration is assisted from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, on land that was previously cleared and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to commencement. Standard requirements dictate that proponents must implement specific activities to promote this regrowth; in this case, the project focuses on tightly managing the timing and extent of grazing while humanely controlling feral animals.

This project is managed by Terra Carbon Pty Limited, a subsidiary of GreenCollar, Australia's largest environmental market developer. The project's activities have already yielded significant environmental benefits around the main Yancannia Creek on the property. Thanks to reduced grazing pressure and strategic feral animal control, local flora such as the Queensland Bluebush has successfully regrown after previously disappearing from the area. Additionally, the ecological restoration has turned the landscape into a haven for birdlife and wildlife, highlighted by the recent spotting of a quoll on the property, a vulnerable native species whose return is directly attributed to the project's effective feral animal management.