Badja Station Regeneration Project

Badja Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Badja Station, approximately 121km southwest of Mount Magnet and 101km northeast of Morawa in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Registered on 23 November 2018, the project initially covered a massive 104,411.95 hectares of land, though a variation in July 2020 saw some portions removed from the project area.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve landowners changing agricultural practices to allow previously cleared or degraded native vegetation to regrow and reach forest cover. To achieve this, the project focuses on managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, alongside the humane management of feral animals. This allows permanent native forests to establish through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, on land where regrowth had been suppressed for at least 10 years.

The Yalgoo local government area and broader Mid West region are primarily known for extensive pastoral lease operations running sheep and cattle, as well as significant iron and gold mining activities. The region has a semi-arid to arid climate, experiencing low and highly erratic annual rainfall averaging around 250mm to 260mm. The local soil profile is predominantly red sandy earths often overlying siliceous hardpans, with shallow stony soils found on the ridges and granitic country.

Badja Station is a historic pastoral lease that has been actively operating as a sheep and cattle station since before 1897. The carbon project is managed by Gregory Arthur Payne and Cindy May Payne as trustees for the Badja Family Trust, who work alongside carbon service provider Select Carbon Pty Ltd. The proponents hold an active Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC960184) with the Australian Government, committing to deliver over 60,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to the Commonwealth.