Wandina Regeneration Project

Wandina Regeneration Project, formerly known as Wandina Pinegrove Regeneration Project, is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the Greater Geraldton local government area in Western Australia. Situated inland from the coastal city of Geraldton, the project was registered in October 2018 and covers an expansive 76,387.05 hectares. The project size was varied in April 2025 when certain listed areas were removed.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as existing rootstock and lignotubers. To meet the standard requirements of this methodology, the regenerating native forest must have the potential to reach a minimum of 20% crown cover and attain a height of at least two metres. For this project, the core activity involves carefully managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where natural regrowth was actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to commencement.

The inland Greater Geraldton region is primarily utilized for broadacre agricultural purposes, including extensive livestock grazing and grain cropping. The environmental conditions are typical of Western Australia's Mid West, featuring a semi-arid rainfall classification. Soils across the region generally consist of red deep sands, red sandy earths, and shallow loams over hardpans.

The project is driven by Loton Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for the JR Loton Family Trust, operating in partnership with Select Carbon Pty Ltd as their project agent. It successfully fulfilled a Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC279888) with a fixed delivery obligation that concluded on January 28, 2022. Operating with a nominated permanence period of 25 years, the project has additionally been cited in environmental science literature analyzing the proportion of comparison areas to credited areas in national-scale datasets for Australian vegetation recovery.