Edjudina Regeneration Project

Edjudina Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Edjudina Station, approximately 130km south of Laverton and 240km northeast of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It was registered in May 2018 and covers an expansive 317,080.75 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve changing land management practices to allow native vegetation to regenerate and achieve permanent forest cover, typically defined as reaching at least 20% crown cover and a height of 2 metres. The Edjudina project establishes these native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. The primary project activity focuses on managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing on land that had previously been cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.

The Goldfields-Esperance region surrounding Edjudina is predominantly used for sheep grazing on vast pastoral leases and has historically featured extensive gold mining operations. The local environment is classified as an arid, desert climate with generally low and erratic rainfall. Soils in the project area typically consist of friable red loam overlying a siliceous hardpan, alongside areas of deep yellow sands.

Interestingly, the project sits on one of the oldest pastoral leases in the Western Australian goldfields, originally established in 1892, and spans the traditional lands of the Wongatha and Maduwongga peoples. The property and its former project proponent, Hampton Transport Services Pty Ltd, have notably been at the center of a long-running legal dispute over the carve-up of the Jones family's $200 million agricultural and transport business empire. Administratively, the project's original Clean Energy Regulator Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC514806), secured in June 2018, later lapsed or was terminated on January 28, 2024. Furthermore, the main project participant was officially changed from Hampton Transport Services to Regenco Projects Pty Ltd in August 2025, which was quickly followed by a geographic variation in September 2025 that saw certain land areas removed from the overall project.