Narndee and Boodanoo Regeneration Project

The Narndee and Boodanoo Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the Murchison region of Western Australia, approximately 130km south of Mount Magnet and 70km northeast of Paynes Find. Registered in May 2018, the project covers a vast area of 192,692 hectares across the Narndee and Boodanoo pastoral stations.

The region is historically dominated by pastoral leases used for sheep and cattle grazing. The landscape is typical of the Western Australian rangelands, characterized by a semi-arid climate with irregular rainfall and soils consisting largely of red earth, clay loams, and aeolian sands. The vegetation is primarily Mulga scrub and native woodlands, which the project aims to regenerate.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating native forests by suppressing activities that previously prevented growth, such as intensive grazing or clearing. In this instance, the project activities focus on managing the timing and extent of grazing by livestock (cattle and sheep) to allow native vegetation to recover and reach forest canopy standards.

A notable aspect of this project is its acquisition by Forever Wild Ltd in partnership with Corporate Carbon Advisory. In November 2022, Forever Wild acquired the pastoral leases to manage them under a "conservation economy" model, supported by a landmark prepayment transaction with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The project recently issued its first tranche of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under this new management in 2024, which were stapled with verified co-benefit units related to biodiversity protection, specifically for the preservation of the Mallee Fowl.