Bunnawarra Station Regeneration Project

Bunnawarra Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 31km south of the township of Yalgoo in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Registered in November 2018, the project spans a massive 90,329 hectares. The property operates as a pastoral lease, historically significant for wool production since its establishment in 1902 by the Morrissey family, before diversifying into carbon farming under its current ownership.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which involves changes in land management to facilitate the regrowth of native vegetation. In this specific context, the primary activity is managing the timing and extent of grazing pressure from livestock (sheep and cattle) and feral animals (such as goats) to allow native seedlings to establish and mature into a permanent forest cover.

The surrounding region is characterized by a hot semi-arid climate with low, irregular rainfall averaging roughly 200mm to 250mm annually. The terrain typically consists of red earth soils, sandplains, and shallow stony loams, supporting vegetation dominated by Mulga (Acacia aneura) shrublands and saltbush. An interesting aspect of this project is its scale and history; after over a century of intensive pastoral use, the station was acquired by the current proponent, Giuseppe Callo, in 2017, just a year before the carbon project was registered to help restore the landscape.