Woolibar Station

Woolibar Station is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located approximately 45km south of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Registered in September 2021, the project covers an expansive 77,309 hectares. The Kalgoorlie area and its surrounding plains are historically known for large-scale pastoral operations, specifically cattle and sheep grazing, alongside extensive gold mining.

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 methodology requires implementing new land management practices on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years. For this project, the primary activity is actively managing the timing and extent of grazing. The surrounding Goldfields environment is semi-arid and experiences low, unreliable rainfall averaging around 250mm to 260mm annually. Soils on the station and in the broader region typically consist of calcareous loamy earths, red sandy duplexes, and shallow, rocky soils over hardpan or granite breakaways.

The project was originally registered under the name "AIC HIR WA2 WS" before being officially varied to Woolibar Station in September 2024. Woolibar Station itself is a long-standing working cattle station that faced severe drought conditions around 2019, forcing the owners to heavily destock and outsource feed to protect the remaining cattle and the degraded landscape. The implementation of this carbon project, which holds an active Optional Delivery contract with the Clean Energy Regulator for over 360,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), likely provides an important alternative revenue stream to support the station's ongoing climate resilience.