Yalbalgo Station Forest Regeneration Project (Revoked)

The Yalbalgo Station Forest Regeneration Project (Revoked) is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Yalbalgo Station, approximately 110km southeast of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. Registered in August 2020, the project covered a vast area of 86,436 hectares. The region is historically dominated by pastoral leases used for sheep and cattle grazing. The project was originally championed by Dews Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd with support from Carbon Farmers of Australia.

The project operated under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which involves regenerating permanent native forests by suppressing activities that impede growth, such as intensive grazing or mechanical clearing. In this specific semi-arid environment, which receives an average annual rainfall of approximately 209mm, the activities focused on managing the timing and extent of grazing to allow native vegetation, primarily mulga woodlands and spinifex on red deep sandy duplex soils, to regenerate.

Notable for its scale and subsequent cancellation, the project had its carbon abatement contract terminated in December 2023 and was formally revoked under section 32 of the CFI Rule on March 20, 2025. Public records indicate the property was later part of a portfolio owned by Fortescue (Andrew Forrest's detailed green energy interests), which was destocked and subsequently offered for sale in mid-2025 following the revocation of the carbon project.