Coralie Station Regeneration Project

Coralie Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Coralie Station, approximately 40km outside of Croydon in Queensland's far north. It was originally registered in August 2020 and covers 67,649 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve implementing changes in land management practices to allow native forests to regenerate from in-situ seed sources (such as rootstock and lignotubers) on land that was previously cleared and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years. Standard requirements generally involve ceasing destructive practices, such as excluding or actively managing livestock, to allow the regenerating vegetation to achieve a true forest canopy cover.

The Croydon and Gulf Plains bioregion is well-known for large-scale cattle grazing, and the Coralie Station property itself runs a traditional Brahman breeder herd. The region experiences a semi-arid, tropical savanna climate with a distinct monsoonal wet season, featuring alluvial and sandy loam soils that naturally support low-open woodlands dominated by Melaleuca and Eucalyptus species.

This project establishes permanent native forests by directly managing the timing and extent of grazing. To achieve this required change in land management, several new dams and watering points have been built, alongside hundreds of kilometres of fencing, to evenly distribute grazing pressure and protect regenerating trees.

Interestingly, the project was originally registered under the name "Catchment Conservation Alliance - Southern Rivers Initiative Site #7" before undergoing a variation to be renamed the Coralie Station Regeneration Project in early 2025. The proponent, Carbon Farmland Fund (formerly Terra Carbon Pty Ltd), also participates in an active "Accounting for Nature" assessment on the property. This assessment uses dedicated ecologists to scientifically track trends in the ecological health of the native vegetation and fauna to ensure high-integrity biodiversity co-benefits are achieved alongside carbon sequestration.