Western Australia Rangelands Conservation Initiative Site #8

Western Australia Rangelands Conservation Initiative Site #8 is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 80km east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. It was registered in August 2020 and covers 183,830.70 hectares. A variation was made to the project in March 2025 to remove specific areas from its original footprint.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent even-aged native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. This is typically achieved by altering land management practices to allow for the recovery of vegetation. For this project, activities include managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and carrying out the humane management of feral animals.

The Gascoyne region is heavily utilised for large-scale pastoral leases primarily focused on sheep and cattle grazing, alongside irrigated horticulture nearer to the Gascoyne River. The environment is characterised by a semi-arid to arid climate with low, highly variable rainfall that averages around 200-233mm annually. Soils throughout this area are predominantly red sandy loams, reddish-brown clay loams, and calcareous earths.

This specific project operates on land that was previously cleared of its vegetation and where native regrowth had been actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. The proponent, Terra Carbon Pty Limited, is a prominent subsidiary of the GreenCollar Group. The "Site #8" designation is part of a much broader, landscape-scale portfolio approach to carbon farming, demonstrating how Terra Carbon is aggregating multiple large pastoral leases across Western Australia under a unified natural capital and conservation strategy.