Wandina Pinegrove Regeneration Project

Wandina Pinegrove Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located in the Greater Geraldton local government area, approximately 70km north of Mullewa in Western Australia. It was registered in October 2018 and covers 76,387ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve assisting the natural regrowth of native forests on land where vegetation has been suppressed for at least 10 years. Standard requirements dictate a documented change in land management, such as excluding livestock or managing the timing and extent of grazing, to allow native plants to regenerate from in-situ seed sources and rootstock until they achieve permanent forest cover.

The Mullewa region is known for vast pastoral grazing stations and broad-acre grain farming. The area is considered semi-arid with low rainfall, typically averaging 250 to 350mm annually, and soils in the area generally consist of sandy loams and clay loams.

This project was established to restore permanent native forests on previously cleared land by managing livestock grazing pressures. It originally secured a Carbon Abatement Contract in December 2018, which was successfully completed in early 2022. In April 2025, a variation was made to the project to remove certain areas from the overall boundary. Interestingly, the project was also evaluated in a recent scientific study regarding Australian carbon sequestration, which noted its unusually small comparison-to-credited area ratio.