WA Carbon Cattle Conservation Project # 102721 LD

WA Carbon Cattle Conservation Project # 102721 LD is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 26km northeast of Laverton within the Laverton local government area in Western Australia's Goldfields region. Registered in March 2022, the project spans a massive 197,894.81 hectares. The surrounding region is predominantly used for large-scale pastoral grazing and mining operations. The climate is distinctly arid to semi-arid, experiencing low and highly variable rainfall averaging around 226mm annually. The local landscape is dominated by red sandy earths, shallow stony soils on greenstone ridges, and clay loams in drainage lines.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects aim to establish permanent native forests on land where vegetation has previously been cleared and regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years. This methodology requires proponents to implement specific changes in land management practices to allow assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. Standard requirements for this project include managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing to ensure stocking densities do not prevent native vegetation from reaching forest cover (defined as at least 2 meters in height and 20% crown cover). Additionally, the project involves the humane management of feral animals and the active control of non-native plant species to promote native growth.

This project, managed by REGENCO PTY LTD, was notably divided under section 77A of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Act upon its registration on March 14, 2022. In August 2023, a variation was applied to the project area, removing certain listed areas from the original boundary. Furthermore, REGENCO PTY LTD secured an Optional Delivery contract (CAC766768) for this project with the Commonwealth in March 2023. Originally committing 90,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) over a 10-year delivery period, 20,000 of these units were later released through fixed delivery exit arrangements or lapsed milestones.