Gindalbie Station Regeneration Project

Gindalbie Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 75km northeast of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. It was registered in November 2018 and covers a massive 170,728 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. This methodology requires demonstrating that the land was cleared of vegetation and regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. To achieve the standard requirement of native forest cover (defined as at least 20% crown cover and trees reaching 2 metres in height), the project implements active management activities such as the exclusion of livestock, humane management of feral animals, management of non-native plants, and carefully controlling the timing and extent of grazing.

The Goldfields region of Western Australia is traditionally known for large pastoral leases, primarily running cattle, alongside extensive historical and modern mining operations. The area is classified as having a semi-arid climate with characteristically low and irregular rainfall. The soils in this environment are typically red sandy loams, clay plains, and rocky outcrops.

This flagship project was acquired by Salubris Australia in July 2023, a move that coincided with a variation of the project proponent from Menangina Pty Ltd to Emissions Abatement Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd. Salubris anticipates the project will generate approximately 1.2 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) over its 25-year lifetime, yielding roughly 45,000 to 55,000 ACCUs annually. The project has successfully fulfilled an earlier government carbon abatement contract (CAC128435) which was completed in January 2022. Additionally, it supplies ACCUs to major corporate buyers; for example, the WA Water Corporation has surrendered credits from this specific project to offset non-renewable energy emissions. To carefully manage overlapping land interests between pastoralists and mining tenements, the project area has been formally divided under Section 77A of the CFI Act multiple times.