Cudgerie Tundulya Regeneration Project

The Cudgerie Tundulya Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the rangelands of Western New South Wales, approximately 50km south of the village of Louth and 100km northwest of the major service centre of Cobar. Registered in September 2020, the project encompasses a significant landholding of 31,203 hectares. The project operates within the Cobar Shire Council local government area, a region traditionally defined by extensive grazing properties known as stations.

The local environment is classified as semi-arid, characterized by the red massive earth and sandy loam soils typical of the Cobar Peneplain. The landscape supports vegetation communities dominated by Mulga (Acacia aneura), Bimble Box, and other resilient native species. Land use in this district is almost exclusively pastoral, focusing on sheep and cattle grazing, as well as the harvesting of rangeland goats which are prevalent in the area.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects generate carbon credits by implementing management changes that allow native forests to regenerate on land where regrowth was previously suppressed. For the Cudgerie Tundulya project, the specific management activity involves the humane management of feral animals. By controlling grazing pressure from unmanaged feral herds, likely goats, given the region's profile, the project proponent, Kersom Pty Ltd, aims to protect emerging seedlings and facilitate the restoration of permanent even-aged native forest.