Gindalbie Station Regeneration Project

Gindalbie Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on the Gindalbie pastoral station, approximately 65 kilometers northeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Registered in November 2018, the project initially covered a vast area of over 170,000 hectares, though this has fluctuated due to administrative subdivisions. The region is historically significant for gold mining and pastoralism, characterized by a semi-arid to arid climate with low, irregular rainfall. The landscape typically features red sandy earths and loams over clay, supporting vegetation such as Mulga (Acacia aneura) shrublands and Eucalypt woodlands common to the Yilgarn Craton.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating native forests on land where vegetation has been suppressed, typically by grazing or mechanical clearing, for at least 10 years. To achieve this, the Gindalbie Station project implements activities such as the exclusion of livestock, management of grazing timing and extent, and the humane control of feral animals. These interventions allow the native seed bank (in-situ rootstock and lignotubers) to recover and grow into permanent forest cover.

The project represents a significant shift in land use for the property, which has a long history as a pastoral lease. Historically a sheep station running up to 20,000 head, and later transitioning to cattle, the station is now focused on carbon sequestration. The project is managed in partnership with Salubris Australia, utilizing the local expertise of station managers to restore the landscape. Notably, the project has undergone several administrative changes, including a variation in the proponent to Emissions Abatement Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd in 2023 and multiple divisions under Section 77A of the CFI Act, a mechanism often used to segment project areas for commercial or operational reasons.