Wongamere Regeneration Project

The Wongamere Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Wongamere Station, approximately 130km south of Morven and 140km southeast of Charleville in southern Queensland. Registered in March 2023, the project covers a substantial area of 5,862 hectares. The surrounding region lies within the Shire of Murweh and is historically dominated by pastoral leases focused on sheep, cattle, and goat grazing.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) methodology, which credits landholders for regenerating permanent native forests on land where vegetation was previously suppressed. Standard requirements for this method involve ceasing mechanical clearing and managing grazing pressure to allow forest cover to reach a canopy density of at least 20%. At Wongamere, this involves controlling livestock timing and extent to permit the recovery of suppressed regrowth.

Environmentally, the site is situated in the Mulga Lands bioregion, a semi-arid zone characterized by an average annual rainfall of approximately 425mm (17 inches). The landscape features wooded alluvial plains and "soft" Mulga country, with soils ranging from red earths typical of Mulga lands to clay loams along the Nebine Creek frontage. Vegetation includes Poplar Box and Mulga (Acacia aneura), which the project aims to restore to mature forest status.

Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM) actively manages the project as a high-integrity "biodiverse carbon farming project." Notably, the project has a 100-year permanence period, significantly longer than the standard 25-year option, ensuring long-term conservation. Baseline ecological surveys have identified the site as critical habitat for the Koala, Grey Falcon, and Yakka Skink, with Nebine Creek serving as a vital biodiversity corridor.