Weebo Station Regeneration Project

Weebo Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Weebo Station, approximately 50km south of Leinster and 90km northwest of Leonora in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. It was registered in May 2018 and covers 253,672.36 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to encourage natural regrowth. For this methodology, the standard requirement involves the management of the timing and extent of livestock grazing, which allows native vegetation to recover from in-situ seed sources (including rootstock and lignotubers) on land that was previously cleared and suppressed for at least 10 years.

The Goldfields region is historically known for its extensive pastoral leases operating as large-scale sheep and cattle stations. The area is classified as an arid to semi-arid interior environment with low rainfall. Situated specifically within the Murchison bioregion, the local terrain and soils consist of skeletal soils on granite, stony plains, low hills, and flat alluvial plains.

The Weebo Station property holds deep cultural significance for its traditional owners, the Kuwarra people. A notable 1969 dispute over the protection of sacred stones on the station became a major catalyst for the creation of Western Australia's Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The carbon project successfully completed its initial Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC944239) in January 2022, and has undergone area variations in 2021 and 2024 to remove specific land from the registered project boundaries.