Talyealye Regeneration Project

The Talyealye Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Talyealye Station, approximately 17km from the village of Hungerford on the New South Wales-Queensland border and 225km northwest of Bourke. Registered in March 2022, the project covers a significant area of 11,716 hectares within the Bourke Shire Council region. The property historically operates as a pastoral lease, utilized for grazing sheep and cattle in the remote Mulga lands of the Paroo River catchment.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Methodology Determination 2013, specifically focusing on the Human-Induced Regeneration of a permanent even-aged native forest. This methodology requires the proponent to undertake activities that suppress impediments to vegetation growth, in this case, managing the timing and extent of grazing pressures, to allow native forests to regenerate from in-situ seed sources like lignotubers and rootstock. The project aims to sequester carbon by transitioning land, where regrowth had been suppressed for at least 10 years, back into permanent native woodland.

Environmentally, the region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 300mm. The landscape is defined as "Mulga country," featuring a mix of stone ridges, soft understone country, and flooded creek flats along the Paroo River. Dominant vegetation includes Mulga, Box, Beefwood, and Coolabah trees. The soil composition varies from stone ridges to the alluvial clay and sandy loams typical of the Paroo and Warrego floodplains.

Talyealye Station is a historic property, often aggregated with the neighbouring Karto Station, and includes extensive infrastructure such as a homestead and airstrip. The proponent, JDI (Australia) Pty Limited as the Trustee for Dunk Property Investment Trust, works in conjunction with carbon service provider Climate Friendly Pty Ltd to manage the regeneration process. The project area serves as a significant biological asset, contributing to the connectivity of habitat near the Currawinya National Park across the border.