Murra Murra Native Forest Regeneration Project

Murra Murra Native Forest Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Nebine, approximately 100km east of Cunnamulla in South West Queensland. It was registered in March 2021 and covers an extensive 86,723 hectares. The surrounding Paroo Shire region is historically known for broadacre pastoral land uses, primarily sheep and cattle grazing.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests on land where vegetation was previously cleared and suppressed for at least 10 years. To meet the methodology's standard requirements, proponents must enact specific new management activities, such as the exclusion of livestock and the humane management of feral animals, to encourage assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers until the area reaches natural forest cover (typically defined as 20% crown cover and 2 metres in height).

Situated in the Mulga Lands bioregion, the Nebine catchment is characterised by a semi-arid climate with low and highly variable rainfall. The local soils generally consist of red earths, sandy loams, and some clay plains, which naturally support native mulga shrublands, mallee, bendee, and eucalyptus woodlands.

A notable aspect of this project is its strong First Nations leadership. The Kooma Traditional Owners Association Inc. took over as the project proponent in early 2023 (transitioning from DLF Resources), operating alongside Gondwana Carbon Pty Ltd. The project area is managed as part of an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) spanning the Murra Murra and Bendee Downs stations. The project is also supported by a $5 million, 10-year partnership with the Queensland Government’s Land Restoration Fund, which ensures the project not only sequesters carbon but also restores wetlands and improves environmental conditions across more than 17,000 hectares of threatened regional ecosystems on Kooma homelands.