Jingemarra Regeneration Project

Jingemarra Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at Jingemarra Station, approximately 67km north of Yalgoo in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It was registered in May 2021 and covers an expansive 110,434.16 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects aim to establish permanent native forests by altering land management practices to encourage natural regrowth. A standard requirement for this methodology is that the regenerating vegetation must have the potential to reach native forest cover, generally defined as reaching at least 2 metres in height and achieving a minimum of 20% crown cover across the area.

The Yalgoo and broader Murchison region is historically known for extensive pastoral operations, primarily sheep and cattle grazing on large stations, alongside active mining operations. The environment is classified as semi-arid to arid, receiving a low average annual rainfall of around 260mm. Soils in this landscape predominantly consist of red and yellow sandplains, as well as shallow red-brown clay loams over hardpan, weathered shale, or rock.

This project was set up to achieve carbon sequestration by actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing. Interestingly, the project relies on assisted regeneration from resilient in-situ seed sources, including native rootstock and lignotubers. This regeneration is taking place on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where natural regrowth had been actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.