Woolibar Station

Woolibar Station is a large-scale Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) carbon project located approximately 35 kilometers south-southeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Registered in September 2021, the project currently covers a vast area of 77,309 hectares. The station itself is a working pastoral lease situated near Feysville, historically used for cattle grazing in a region heavily associated with both pastoralism and gold mining operations.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which is designed to regenerate native forests on land where vegetation has been suppressed for at least 10 years, typically by livestock. Rather than planting new trees, the project proponents, AI Carbon WA No.2 Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Australian Integrated Carbon), implement changes in land management, specifically controlling the timing and extent of grazing. This allows existing rootstock and lignotubers in the soil to regenerate into permanent native forest.

The Goldfields environment is classified as semi-arid to arid, with a low average rainfall of approximately 260mm per year. The terrain is characterized by red sandy earths, calcareous loams, and stony ridges, supporting vegetation such as Mulga (Acacia aneura) and Eucalypt woodlands. Notably, the project has undergone significant administrative changes, including a name change in 2024 from "AIC HIR WA2 WS" and a variation in late 2023 that removed specific areas from the project, likely to ensure the remaining land meets the strict "forest potential" requirements of the method.