Warbreccan Regeneration Project

Warbreccan Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located on Warbreccan Station, approximately 62 km north of Jundah and 172 km southwest of Longreach in the Barcoo Shire of outback Queensland. Registered in May 2018, the project spans an impressive 154,433 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. A key requirement of this methodology is that the land must have been cleared of vegetation and regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement. In this project, regeneration is actively achieved by ceasing the mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth and carefully managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing.

The Barcoo Shire and the broader Thomson River region are heavily reliant on agriculture, with the primary land use being rangeland grazing for sheep and beef cattle. The environment is semi-arid, typically falling within the 200 to 400 mm annual rainfall zone. The landscape is characterized by highly variable rainfall, prone to prolonged droughts as well as occasional heavy flooding. Soil types in the region feature a mix of pebbly black soils and brown cracking clays (such as Vertosols) with self-mulching surfaces on the open downs, as well as hard mulga lands containing Tenosols and Kandosols.

Warbreccan Station itself has a rich pastoral history dating back to the 1880s and boasts 15 miles of double frontage along the Thomson River. Run by the proponent K1N Farming Pty Ltd, with Climate Friendly Pty Ltd acting as the project agent, the carbon project is a significant abatement initiative. The operation holds a fixed delivery contract with the Clean Energy Regulator to deliver 195,044 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Furthermore, major energy companies like AGL have publicly surrendered ACCU offsets generated by the Warbreccan Regeneration Project to help meet their emissions reduction targets.