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 originally covered 317,080.75 hectares, though some areas were removed via a variation in September 2025.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests through assisted regeneration. The standard requirements for this methodology dictate that land managers must remove or manage suppressing activities, in this case, adjusting the timing and extent of livestock grazing, on land where vegetation was previously cleared and suppressed for at least 10 years. This allows native flora to naturally regenerate from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers until the trees reach standard forest canopy cover.

The Edjudina region is known for large-scale pastoral leases focused on sheep grazing, alongside historic and active gold exploration. The area is classified as a semi-arid environment with low and highly variable rainfall, averaging roughly 200mm annually. The local soil types are typical of the Western Australian goldfields outback, consisting primarily of red sandy loams, deep clays, and arid desert soils often associated with nearby salt lakes and extensive chemical weathering.

The project is currently run by proponent REGENCO PROJECTS PTY LTD following an August 2025 variation from Hampton Transport Services Pty Ltd. Interestingly, this project held an active fixed delivery carbon abatement contract (CAC514806) for 74,270 units starting in June 2018, which later lapsed or terminated in January 2024 without any volumes sold to the Commonwealth under the contract. The underlying property, Edjudina Station, holds significant local history; first established in 1892, it was one of the earliest pastoral leases established in the goldfields.