Coralie Station Regeneration Project

Coralie Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Coralie Station, approximately 60 to 70km west/south-west of Croydon in the Gulf Savannah region of Far North Queensland. It was registered in August 2020 and covers 67,649.30ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects establish permanent native forests by changing land management practices to encourage the regrowth of native vegetation. This methodology involves managing suppressors, like livestock grazing and feral animals, to allow in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, to naturally regenerate into an even-aged forest canopy. For this specific project, the primary activity is the active management of the timing and extent of livestock grazing.

The Croydon area and surrounding Gulf Savannah region are predominantly known for large-scale beef cattle breeding and grazing operations. The region experiences a semi-arid, tropical savanna climate with highly seasonal summer rainfall. The landscape at Coralie Station features open rangelands and flat Coolibah woodland country, characterised by alluvial soils found in beneficial flood-out areas.

This project sits on land that was previously cleared of vegetation, where natural regrowth had been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to commencement. The project proponent, Carbon Farmland Fund, purchased the roughly 71,000ha station in 2019 to integrate carbon farming with a low-cost cattle breeding enterprise. In January 2025, the project officially updated its name from "Catchment Conservation Alliance - Southern Rivers Initiative Site #7" to the Coralie Station Regeneration Project. According to the Clean Energy Regulator, the project has been successfully issued 13,681 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to date.