Coodardy Station Regeneration Project

Coodardy Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Coodardy Station, approximately 30km northwest of Cue in Western Australia. It was registered in November 2018 and covers 166,176.03 ha.

Human-induced regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to allow native vegetation to regenerate from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. This is done on land where natural regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years. The Coodardy Station project achieves this by managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, alongside the targeted management of non-native plants.

The Cue region is historically known for pastoralism, primarily cattle and sheep farming, as well as significant gold and iron ore mining operations. The area features an arid to semi-arid climate with very low rainfall, and the local soils are generally characterized by red sandy loams and brown loams over ironstone.

This project was originally contracted in December 2018, and its Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC644637) was completed in January 2022. In March 2022, a variation was approved that removed certain areas from the overall project. Beyond its modern carbon farming activities, the Coodardy Station property holds local heritage significance due to its associations with Burke's gold find in 1888 during the early Western Australian gold rush.