Windsor Station Regeneration Project

The Windsor Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on the Windsor pastoral station, approximately 80km east of Mount Magnet in the Murchison region of Western Australia. Registered on May 23, 2018, the project covers a designated area of 95,403 hectares within the larger 230,000-hectare pastoral lease. The station is situated in a remote area of the "Golden Outback," traditionally used for rangeland grazing of sheep and cattle.

The project operates under the HIR methodology, which focuses on regenerating permanent native forests on land where vegetation growth was previously suppressed. In this specific case, the suppression mechanism identified is grazing pressure. By actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, effectively controlling the density of animals to allow seedlings to establish, the project aims to restore native forest cover. The carbon stored in this regenerating vegetation generates Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

Environmentally, the region is classified as arid to semi-arid, with a low average annual rainfall of approximately 200mm. The landscape is diverse, featuring rugged breakaways, granite outcrops, and open plains dominated by saltbush and spinifex. The soil composition typically includes skeletal soils on the rocky outcrops and red earths or sandy loams on the plains, which are characteristic of the Western Australian rangelands.

Interesting commercial developments surround this project; in late 2024, Windsor Station was listed for sale with the carbon project highlighted as a significant asset. The listing noted that the station had already been issued over 83,000 ACCUs since registration. The project is managed with the assistance of Select Carbon, a prominent carbon service provider now owned by Shell, and lists Corey Allan Folezzani as the proponent. The variations in the project area noted in 2020 and 2022 likely reflect the routine calibration of the Carbon Estimation Area (CEA), where non-compliant or non-performing land is removed from the crediting boundary.