Western Australia Rangelands Conservation Initiative Site #7

Western Australia Rangelands Conservation Initiative Site #7 is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The project site is situated approximately 115km southeast of Carnarvon and roughly 75km northeast of Denham, near the Wooramel River catchment. Registered on August 26, 2020, the project covers a substantial area of approximately 145,673 hectares.

The region is characterized by pastoral leases, primarily used for grazing sheep, cattle, and goats. The environment is classified as semi-arid to arid, with low and variable rainfall averaging between 200mm and 300mm annually. The landscape typically features red sandy loam soils and red-brown hardpan, supporting vegetation dominated by Mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands, shrublands, and spinifex.

This project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which focuses on restoring native forest cover through changes in land management rather than planting. Specifically, the project involves managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and controlling feral animals (such as goats) to reduce pressure on vegetation. This reduction in grazing pressure allows native forests to regenerate from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, on land where regrowth had been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement. As the naming convention "Site #7" suggests, this project is part of a broader aggregation of carbon farming initiatives managed by Terra Carbon Pty Limited across the Western Australian rangelands.